[7][8] During a nationwide municipal reform by the Solberg Cabinet, 77.8 percent of Stokke residents voted to merge with Sandefjord during the September 2015 elections.

The official blazon is "Gules, three ragged staffs Or" (Norwegian: I rødt tre opprette kvistede gull trestammer).

This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is a set of three ragged staffs.

The arms were designed by Truls Nygaard, who based it off an original proposal by Hallvard Trætteberg which was further developed by Hans Gerhard Sørensen.

About 16,000 historic artifacts have been found at Brunstad in Stokke, mostly tools made out of flint but also roughly sixty hearths.

[9]: 72  Vear is home to 2,500 residents as of 2016, which made up 22 percent of Stokke's total population prior to the merge.

The fort was erected to keep potential enemies from entering Tønsberg by sea, and was also meant to protect the Marine harbor in the village of Melsomvik.

Trenches, commando posts, fencing, concrete gun pits, and other remains from the fort can still be seen at Sundås.

The fort lies by the Tønsbergfjord with surrounding views of Færder Lighthouse and islands such as Håøya, Tjøme, Veierland, and Nøtterøy.

[20] The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Stokke was made up of representatives that were elected to four year terms.

The former municipality was located south of Andebu, north of Sandefjord, west of the Tønsbergfjord, and southwest of Tønsberg and Ramnes.

The village of Stokke is home to a nature preserve known as Bokemoa, a birch forest located on Raet.

It is known for its wide variety of rare wildflowers including species such as sea thrift, alternate-leaved golden-saxifrage, cowslip, greater yellow-rattle, sticky catchfly, and many others.

Hiking trails can be found at Trælsodden, Løke, Høgåsen, Grorudvannet, Feen, Furulund, Ramsum, and Borgeskogen.

A mountain trail is located by Høgåsen, the highest point in the former municipality with an elevation of 172 metres (564 ft).

[47]: 122–124, 243 Trælsodden by the Tønsbergfjorden is home to several burial mounds as well as fortifications dated to World War II.

At the time, sea levels were 4–5 metres (13–16 ft) higher than today, and the graves were consequentially placed near the shoreline.

From Brunstad, the coastal path heads inwards and passes through the Himalayapark, a park offering tree climbing.

A number of local place names derives from its former bears, including Bjønnemyra (Borgen), Bjønnestøkket (Bredholt), Bjønndal (Hauanlia), Bjønneleet (Nedre Anholt), and Bjønnelia (Askerød).

Some place names also derive from the Gray wolf, including Ulvekula (Oserød) and Ulvehølet (Rørkollskogen).