Torsåker

	Torsåker
	Torsåker
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Gävleborg County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gästrikland
Municipality :	Hofors
Coordinates :	60 ° 31 ′ N , 16 ° 29 ′ E Coordinates: 60 ° 31 ′ N , 16 ° 29 ′ E
SCB code :	7332
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	848 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	1.17 km²
Population density :	725 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Gävleborg County

Torsåker is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Gävleborgs län and in the historical province of Gästrikland .

location

Torsåker belongs to the municipality of Hofors . The place is about 40 km as the crow flies west-southwest of the provincial capital Gävle and 10 km east of the community center Hofors . Torsåker is the second largest town in the municipality after its central town Hofors.

The place has a station on the railway line from Mjölby via Örebro to Storvik (route km 311), which was completed on this section as an original part of the Norra stambanan and a total of 1900. The route plays an important role, especially in north-south freight traffic, bypassing Stockholm over a wide area , which is why it is called Güterbogen durch Bergslagen ( Swedish Godsstråket, genom Bergslagen ), but it also has passenger traffic.

To the west, Torsåker is bypassed by Reichsstraße 68, which connects a little to the north with Reichsstraße 80 Gävle - Falun - Rättvik and runs south via Avesta , Fagersta and Lindesberg to Örebro.

Torsåker kyrka (around 1200, rebuilt 1758)
Runestone in Torsåker kyrka (around 1000)
Folkskola (1921)
Bank building
Kronblomsvillan , former home of comic book writer Elov Persson , named after one of his most popular characters

history

The local church goes back to a building erected in 1200, but was considerably rebuilt and expanded in 1754–1758. Two rune stones from around 1000 can also be seen in the church today .

From the second half of the 14th century, Torsåker was the center of a mining area known as Gästriklands bergslag or Torsåkers bergslag . The certificate of privilege was issued in 1374 by Albrecht von Mecklenburg , who was also King of Sweden from 1364 to 1389 . In 1542 there were two ironworks in Torsåker . Mining and metallurgy experienced their decline in the course of the 19th century, when the mostly small businesses in the area succumbed to foreign competition. The last hammer forge in Torsåker closed in 1890. During this time, sawmills took on the role of the main economic factor.

Torsåker was an independent rural community until 1971 when it was attached to Hofors.

Sons and daughters of the place

Kerstin Hesselgren (1872–1962), politician, first woman in the Swedish Reichstag (1922)
Elov Persson (1894–1970), comic author , creator of the Kronblom series, which has existed from 1927 until today ; born in nearby Hästbo, lived and died in Torsåker
Gustaf Stolpe (1833–1901), musician and composer

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

↑ Torsåker kyrka ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)@1@ 2

Web links

Commons : Torsåker - collection of images, videos and audio files

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)