Country Sweden County Gävleborg County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Monday 3:22 PM | Province Gästrikland Municipality Hofors Municipality Area 122 ha Population 899 (31 Dec 2010) | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 56% Humidity | ||
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.
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Map of 813 40 Tors%C3%A5ker, Sweden
Etymology
Torsåker has the Norse pagan god Thor as an element along with Old Norse akr or áker, "arable land." The typical translation for the name is "Thor's field" and was often originally used as the name of a farm.
Notable people
References
Torsåker, Hofors Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA