Torekov

Torekov
Torekov
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gentle
Municipality  :	Båstad
Coordinates :	56 ° 26 '  N , 12 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 26 '  N , 12 ° 38'  E
SCB code :	3116
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	1078 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	4.34 km²
Population density :	248 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Skåne County

Torekov is a place ( Tatort ) in the southern Swedish province of Skåne län and the historical province of Skåne . The place is in the municipality of Båstad .

history

The fishing village in the far west of the Bjäre Peninsula was first mentioned in 1344, when King Magnus Eriksson issued a letter of protection to the residents and gave them Halland's Väderö .

In 1971 the Royal Commission for Constitutional Affairs met here, which modified the Swedish Constitution of 1809 in the so-called Torekov Compromise. As a result, the Swedish king was still head of state, but as already implemented in political practice since the end of the Second World War, he was unable to make any political decisions. With this reform, the social democrats de facto wanted to proclaim the republic, but had to compromise conservative parties, which actually prevented this. For example, the hereditary monarchy has been preserved.

Origin of the place name

There are various theories about the origin of the place name:

The name is probably derived from the Nordic deity Thor , to whom sanctuaries were dedicated in southern Scandinavia in the first millennium. Accordingly, the name could be translated as "Thor's forest" (Thores skov) .

According to a legend, the namesake is a saint named Torah. Torah was the princess of a Danish king who had remarried. She and her two siblings Arild and Gille were handed over by their new wicked stepmother to a fisherman who was supposed to drown the children. The corpses landed in three different places, all named after them ( Gilleleje , Arildslege and Torekov). St. Torah was washed ashore on Torekov's beach, near a large round rock, the St. Torah Stone. A blind man named Frenne found the body there. He promised to bury the dead girl in consecrated earth and got his eyesight back. Through this miracle the Virgin Torah became the patron saint of this area and Frenne had a chapel built in thanks for St. Torah.

Web links

Commons : Torekov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
2. ↑ Förster et al. (2014) - the Nordic countries, p. 163