The first element is the genitive case of the word þjóð which means "crowd of people" or "assembly".

This is likely because the site was apparently the location of a Thing for the district long before the introduction of Christianity.

The official blazon is "Azure, two longships argent in pale" (Norwegian: På blå bunn to sølv langskip).

This means the arms have a blue field (background) and the charge is a set of two longships, one above the other.

The pair of longships has a tincture of argent which means it is commonly colored white, but if it is made out of metal, then silver is used.

[7][8][9] Historic numbers show that Tjøllings population grew from the early 19th century until the municipal merger in 1988.

Kaupang is considered to be Norway's first city, being mentioned by Ohthere of Hålogaland when he visited Alfred the great around year 890.

In 1867, antiquarian Nicolay Nicolaysen mapped one of the grave-fields around the former town and excavated 79 grave mounds.

In 1997, Dagfinn Skre and his associates from the University of Oslo undertook a new program of work at Kaupang followed by a large excavation that ran over three years, from 2000 till 2002.

[13][14][15][16][17] Tjøllingvollen (or simply Vollen) is located at the highest part of the outer raet.

The village is a well developed rural area, with a grocery store, kindergarten, post office, primary and secondary school, health and elderly institutions, among others.

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