Stenkumla

Stenkumla
Stenkumla Church
Stenkumla
Coordinates: 57°32′51″N 18°16′6″E
Country	Sweden
Province	Gotland
County	Gotland County
Municipality	Gotland Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	3,165 km^2 (1,222 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Total	526
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Stenkumla is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Stenkumla District, established on 1 January 2016.[4]

Geography

Stenkumla is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Stenkumla Church,[5] sometimes referred to as Stenkumla kyrkby. It is situated in the central east part of Gotland.[6]

As of 2019^[update], Stenkumla Church belongs to Stenkumla parish, along with the churches in Träkumla, Västerhejde and Vibble.[7][8]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10553 Stenkumla, is named after this place.[9]

History

The last public execution in Sweden took place at Stenkumla Backe by Stenkumla Church on 18 May 1876. Konrad Petterson Lundqvist Tector, a robber and murderer was beheaded. He was buried in the church cemetery where his grave can still be seen.[10][11][12]

References

1. Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Stenkumla socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
2. "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
3. The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
4. "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
5. Jacobsson, Britta; Johansson, Eva; Johansson, Per; Andersson, Rolf (1990). Våra kyrkor [Our churches] (in Swedish). Västervik: Klarkullens förlag AB. p. 682. ISBN 91-971561-0-8. SELIBR 7794694.
6. "Stenkumla". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
7. "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
8. "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
9. "10125 Stenkyrka (1993 FB24)". NASA. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
10. "Stenkumla kyrka" [Stenkumla Church]. www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
11. Jonsson, Håkan. "Tryggare Gotland" [Safer Gotland]. www.gotland.se. Gotland County Administrative Board. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
12. "Brott & Straff i Visby under 600 år" [Crime & Punishment during 600 years in Visby]. www.gotland.com. Inspiration Gotland, Tourist information. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

External links

• Media related to Stenkumla at Wikimedia Commons
• Objects from Stenkumla at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum