Torsåker
Encyclopedia
Torsåker is a locality situated in Hofors Municipality
, Gävleborg County
, Sweden
with 873 inhabitants in 2005. It contains a parish for the Archdiocese of Uppsala
. The church at Torsåker has two runestones, Gs 7
and Gs 8.
god Thor
as an element along with Old Norse akr or áker, "arable land." The typical translation for the name is "Thor's field" and was often originally used as the name of a farm.
Hofors Municipality
Hofors Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at .The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925...
, Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County is a county or län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.- Administration :...
, 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 873 inhabitants in 2005. It contains a parish for the Archdiocese of Uppsala
Archdiocese of Uppsala
The Archdiocese of Uppsala, Lutheran 'successor' to the former Roman Catholic Swedish province, is one of the thirteen dioceses of the Church of Sweden and the only one having the status of an archdiocese.-Lutheran archdiocese:...
. The church at Torsåker has two runestones, Gs 7
Gästrikland Runic Inscription 7
thumb|300px|right|Runestone Gs 7 in Torsåker, Sweden.Gästrikland Runic Inscription 7 or Gs 7 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone located in Torsåker, Gävleborg County, Sweden, which was part of the historic province of Gästrikland.-Description:This runestone is...
and Gs 8.
Etymology
Torsåker has the Norse paganNorse paganism
Norse paganism is the religious traditions of the Norsemen, a Germanic people living in the Nordic countries. Norse paganism is therefore a subset of Germanic paganism, which was practiced in the lands inhabited by the Germanic tribes across most of Northern and Central Europe in the Viking Age...
god Thor
Thor
In Norse mythology, Thor is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing, healing, and fertility...
as an element along with Old Norse akr or áker, "arable land." The typical translation for the name is "Thor's field" and was often originally used as the name of a farm.