| Official Name: | Fide |
| Native Name: | Feide |
| Pushpin Map: | Sweden Gotland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Gotland Municipality |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gotland County |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gotland |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 15.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 118 |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 57.0736°N 18.3161°W |
Fide is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Fide District, established on 1January 2016.[4]
Fide is situated on the narrow southern isthmus that connects the Storsudret peninsula to Gotland.[5] The medieval Fide Church is located in the socken.[6], Fide Church belongs to Hoburg parish in Sudrets pastorat, along with the churches in Öja, Hamra, Vamlingbo and Sundre.[7] [8]
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10123 Fideöja, is named after this place and the neighboring Öja socken.[9]
On a wall of the Fide Church is a 115by piece of 13th-century graffiti depicting a ship. It was carved into the plaster while it was still soft during the construction of the church. It is the first image of a cog in the world. The proportions differ slightly from those of the later medieval cogs and it corresponds with a cog-like ship from the 12th century, found at Kronholmen in Västergarn during the construction of a golf course. Both the image and the ship find are seen as examples of boats in the transition from Viking longships to cogs.[10] [11] Similar carving have been found on the walls of the church tower in Ala.[12]