Torsåker, Hofors Municipality

Place in Gästrikland, Sweden

60°31′N 16°29′E / 60.517°N 16.483°E / 60.517; 16.483CountrySwedenProvinceGästriklandCountyGävleborg CountyMunicipalityHofors MunicipalityArea

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• Total1.22 km² (0.47 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2010)^[1]

• Total899 • Density738/km² (1,910/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+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.