Svenner

{{Short description|Island group in Vestfold, Norway}}

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|location = Larvik, Norway

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|country = Norway

|country_admin_divisions_title = County

|country_admin_divisions = Vestfold

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|country_admin_divisions_1 = Larvik Municipality

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Svenner is a small island group in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The islands lie about {{convert|3.5|km}} off the mainland coast, near the mouth of the Larviksfjorden. They are located about {{convert|7|km}} southeast of the town of Stavern.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Svenner |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Svenner |date=24 January 2023 |editor-last=Mæhlum |editor-first=Lars |language=no |accessdate=10 November 2023}}

The Svenner Lighthouse was established in 1874 on the island of Korpekollen.{{Cite web |title=Svenner fyrstasjon |url=http://www.fyr.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505:svenner-fyrstasjon&catid=102:vestfold&Itemid=581 |access-date=27 January 2012 |publisher=Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening |language=Norwegian}} The smaller islands of Bølene, Strømsundholmen, and Ferjeholmen were listed as bird sanctuaries in 2009.{{Cite web |title=VV00002844, Bølene |url=http://dnweb12.dirnat.no/nbinnsyn/asp/faktaark.asp?iid=VV00002844 |access-date=27 January 2012 |publisher=Direktoratet for naturforvaltning |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite web |title=VV00002842, Strømsundholmen |url=http://dnweb12.dirnat.no/nbinnsyn/asp/faktaark.asp?iid=VV00002842 |access-date=27 January 2012 |publisher=Direktoratet for naturforvaltning |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite web |title=VV00002841, Ferjeholmen |url=http://dnweb12.dirnat.no/nbinnsyn/asp/faktaark.asp?iid=VV00002841 |access-date=27 January 2012 |publisher=Direktoratet for naturforvaltning |language=Norwegian}}

Geologically, the islands consist largely of syenite. The WWII destroyer HNoMS Svenner is named after the main island.