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{{Short description|Village in Sandefjord, Norway}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Helgerød
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|settlement_type        = Village
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|image_caption          = View of the village
|pushpin_map            = Norway Vestfold#Norway
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location of the village
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Eastern Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Vestfold]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Vestfold]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Sandefjord Municipality]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 3233 Sandefjord
|coordinates            = {{coord|59.14856|10.2836|region:NO_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 14
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Helgerød, Sandefjord |url=https://www.yr.no/nb/v%C3%A6rvarsel/daglig-tabell/2-12080633/Norge/Vestfold%20og%20Telemark/Sandefjord/Helger%C3%B8d |access-date=2023-12-02 |publisher=[[yr.no]]}}</ref>}}
'''Helgerød''' is a village in [[Sandefjord Municipality]] in [[Vestfold]] county, [[Norway]]. The village is located about {{convert|1|km}} to the north of the villages of [[Solløkka]] and [[Lahelle]], about {{convert|2|km}} to the northeast of the village of [[Freberg]], and about {{convert|5|km}} to the east of the [[Sandefjord (town)|city of Sandefjord]].
Helgerød is considered to be one of the outer neighborhoods in the eastern part of the [[Sandefjord (town)|city of Sandefjord]] which has an area of {{convert|24|km2}} and a population (in 2022) of 45,816.<ref name="ssb">{{Cite web |last=Statistisk sentralbyrå |author-link=Statistics Norway |date=2022-01-01 |title=Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality |url=https://www.ssb.no/en/befolkning/statistikker/beftett/aar}}</ref> The statistical area Helgerød, which also can include the peripheral parts of the village as well as the surrounding countryside, has a population of 206.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Statistics Norway |year=2007 |title=Statistics bank |url=http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selectvarval/define.asp&Tabellid=04317 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526193552/http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/Default_FR.asp?PXSid=0&nvl=true&PLanguage=0&tilside=selectvarval/define.asp&Tabellid=04317 |archive-date=2012-05-26}}</ref>
Helgerød was originally the name of a farm. The name derives from either ''Helgaruð'' (from the male name Helgi) or ''Helguruð'' (from the female name Helga).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Davidsen |first=Roger |title=Et Sted i Sandefjord |publisher=Sandar Historielag |year=2008 |isbn=9788299456753 |page=213 |language=no}}</ref> A sports hall known as Helgerødhallen was established by Helgerød elementary school in 1986. A nearby park was constructed in 2007 and includes a [[BMX bike]] trail, [[ball pond]], and [[skatepark]]. Two handball fields were built here in 2008.<ref name="SG">{{Cite book |last=Gjerseth |first=Simen |title=Nye Sandefjord |publisher=Liv forlag |year=2016 |isbn=9788283301137 |page=275 |language=no}}</ref>
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