Torsång Explained

Official Name:Torsång
Pushpin Map:Sweden Dalarna#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Borlänge Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Dalarna County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Dalarna
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.08
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:666
Population Density Km2:616
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:60.4667°N 49°W

Torsång (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈtɔ̂ʂːɔŋ/)[2] is a locality situated in Borlänge Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 666 inhabitants in 2010.It is situated on lakes Runnsjön and Osjön and the river Dalälven, which are connected with the canal Lillälven.

Torsång Court District, or Torsångs tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (härad). The entire province had once been a single hundred, called Dala hundare.

History

Swedish (then future) king Gustav I (Gustav Vasa) passed through in the year 1520, while a fugitive from Danish mercenaries. A memorial stone was erected to mark this important event in Swedish history. It can still be seen in Torsång's open-air museum.

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 .
  2. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 25.