Torekov

Torekov
Coast of Torekov, facing West
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Coordinates: 56°25′N 12°38′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Skåne
County	Skåne County
Municipality	Båstad Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.78 km^2 (0.69 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	863
• Density	485/km^2 (1,260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Torekov (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtûːrɛˌkɔv])[2] is a locality situated in Båstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 863 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is still a fishing village but it is today known as a summer resort.

In August 1971 Torekov hosted a meeting in which it was decided to strip the king of all but his symbolic formal political powers, known as the "Torekov Compromise".[3]

The name

According to an old legend, the town is named after a girl later known as Saint Thora who was drowned by her stepmother, found on the shore of Torekov, and buried by a blind man who then regained his sight.[4] However, the more prosaic explanation refers to two old words thora meaning height, and kove meaning cabin or hut.[5]

Population From 1960 to 2010

Year	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Population[6]	531	512	509	668	822	933	1015	947	888	863

References

1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km^2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
2. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 25.
3. Torbjörn Bergman (1999). "Trade-offs in Swedish Constitutional design: The Monarchy Under Challenge". In Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, eds., Policy? Office?, or Votes? How Political Parties Make Hard Choices. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-63723-6.
4. Proctor, James; Neil Roland (2003). The Rough Guide to Sweden. Rough Guides. ISBN 1-84353-066-X.
5. Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2003
6. Retrieved 6 June 2011

External links

Media related to Torekov at Wikimedia Commons