Tvååker is the second largest locality

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 Varberg Municipality

Varberg Municipality

Varberg Municipality is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg.It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Varberg and the surrounding rural municipalities...

, 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

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, with 2,390 inhabitants in 2005. It is located about 15 km south-east of Varberg

Varberg

Varberg is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 26,041 inhabitants in 2005.Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their 'typical west coast' sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from wide sandy beaches to rocky terrain that continues north into...

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Name

The actual name Tvååker could be translated as twofield (or twoacre). But it is instead a corruption of the name Toaker (1198). The word to has been interpreted as flax

Flax

Flax is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent...

, i.e. "flax field".

Education

The village has a lower secondary school, Bosgårdsskolan as well as an upper secondary school, Mungagårdsgymnasiet, which is focused on farming, tourism and handicraft.

Sport

The football team, Tvååkers IF

Tvååkers IF

Tvååkers IF is a Swedish football club located in Tvååker in Varberg Municipality, Halland County. -Background:Since their foundation in 1920 Tvååkers IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Västra...

was formed in 1920 and has a male team for the first time as high as 2nd league and a joint female team with Galtabäck in the 5th league. A floorball

Floorball

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-team, Tvååkers IBK, was formed in 1986 and played in the top league for two seasons in the early 1990s.

Other sports clubs located in Tvååker include:

• Galtabäcks BK
  Galtabäcks BK
  Galtabäcks BK is a Swedish football club located in Tvååker. -Background:Galtabäcks BK currently plays in Division 4 Halland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Galtabäcks IP in Tvååker....