Bäckaskog Explained

Official Name:Bäckaskog
Pushpin Map:Sweden Skåne#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kristianstad Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Skåne County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Skåne
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.38
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:293
Population Density Km2:771
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:56.05°N 34°W

Bäckaskog is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, between Ivö Lake and Oppmanna Lake, with a population of 293 inhabitants in 2010.

The village has developed around the castle and the Premonstratensian monastery. The monastery was constructed in the early 14th century and after the destruction of the monastery in , the monks from there wer relocated to Bäckaskog.

With the Danish Reformation, the monastery was converted into a castle and granted to Danish nobles of the families of Ulfstand, Brahe, Bille, Parsberg and eventually the Scanian family of . The castle also came into the possession of Swedish King Charles XV and Danish Crown Prince Fredrik between 1885 and 1900. It was here in 1805 that a treaty was signed between England and Sweden, whereby Sweden joined the war against Napoleon.

Bäckaskog was connected to neighbouring towns of Sölvesborg and Kristianstad via the main road (now E22) and had a railway station, servicing also nearby castle of Trolle-Ljungby Castle, along the Sölvesborg-Kristianstad-Railroad.

Allegedly (Nordisk Familjebok) the name refers to the Swedish words for stream – bäck and forest – skog in that the place held them both.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .