Torsåker, Hofors Municipality Explained

Official Name:Torsåker
Pushpin Map:Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Hofors Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gävleborg County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gästrikland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.22
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:899
Population Density Km2:738
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:60.5167°N 45°W

Torsåker is a locality situated in Hofors Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 899 inhabitants in 2010. It contains a parish for the Archdiocese of Uppsala. The church at Torsåker has two runestones, Gs 7 and Gs 8.

Etymology

Torsåker has the Norse pagan god Thor as an element along with Old Norse akr or áker, "arable land."[2] The typical translation for the name is "Thor's field" and was often originally used as the name of a farm.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Book: Aliki, Pantos . Semple, Sarah . Assembly Places and Practices in Medieval Europe . Four Courts Press . 2005 . 210 . 1-85182-665-3 .