Torsåker, Hofors Municipality

Torsåker
Torsåker
	Torsåker Church in June 2010
	Torsåker Torsåker
	Coordinates: 60°31′N 16°29′E / 60.517°N 16.483°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Gästrikland
County	Gävleborg County
Municipality	Hofors Municipality
Area
• Total	1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	899
• Density	738/km2 (1,910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Torsåker is a locality situated in Hofors Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 899 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] 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.

Notable people

Elov Persson (1894-1970), Swedish cartoonist and comic artist
Erik Gabrielsson Emporagrius (1606-1674), Swedish professor and bishop
Kerstin Hesselgren (1872–1962), first woman elected into the upper house of Swedish parliament

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ Aliki, Pantos; Semple, Sarah (2005). Assembly Places and Practices in Medieval Europe. Four Courts Press. pp. 210. ISBN 1-85182-665-3.

External links

Torsåker vicars

[scb-1] "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

[2] Aliki, Pantos; Semple, Sarah (2005). Assembly Places and Practices in Medieval Europe. Four Courts Press. pp. 210. ISBN 1-85182-665-3.

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