Slöinge
Encyclopedia
Slöinge is a locality
situated in Falkenberg Municipality
, Halland County
, Sweden
, with 974 inhabitants in 2005.
Archeological excavations has revealed a chieftain estate
from the 8th century; among the remains is a large number of golden figures.
Two comparatively large companies, SIA Glass
and Berte Quarn, have their headquarters in the village.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Falkenberg Municipality
Falkenberg Municipality
Falkenberg Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat....
, Halland County
Halland County
Halland County is a county on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, with 974 inhabitants in 2005.
Archeological excavations has revealed a chieftain estate
Estate (house)
An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. It is the modern term for a manor, but lacks the latter's now abolished jurisdictional authority...
from the 8th century; among the remains is a large number of golden figures.
Two comparatively large companies, SIA Glass
SIA Glass
SIA Glass is a company in Slöinge, Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden. The company has 110 employees and approximately 12 percent of the Swedish ice cream market. The company was established in 1961....
and Berte Quarn, have their headquarters in the village.