Guldrupe Explained

Official Name:	Guldrupe
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:	15.88
Population As Of:	2014
Population Footnotes:	^[2]
Population Total:	105
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	57.4303°N 18.4264°W

Guldrupe (pronounced as /sv/)^[3] is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.^[4] It comprises the same area as the administrative Guldrupe District, established on 1January 2016.^[5]

Geography

Guldrupe is situated in the central part of Gotland.^[6] The medieval Guldrupe Church is located in the socken.^[7], Guldrupe Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Vänge, Buttle, Sjonhem, Viklau and Halla.^{[8] [9]}

External links

• • Objects from Guldrupe at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum

Notes and References

1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. Guldrupe socken. sv.
2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 13 August 2016. 30 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224. dead.
3. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 9.
4. The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
5. Web site: Förordning om district. Regulation of districts. 17 June 2015. Ministry of Finance. 13 August 2016.
6. Web site: Guldrupe. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 13 August 2016.
7. Web site: Henriksson. Greta. Guldrupe kyrka. www.gotland.se. 31 May 2014. Gotland Municipality. 13 August 2016.
8. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
9. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.