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Guldrupe
Guldrupe () is a populated area, a '' socken'' (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Guldrupe District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Guldrupe is situated in the central part of Gotland. The medieval Guldrupe Church is located in the socken. , Guldrupe Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Vänge, Buttle, Sjonhem, Viklau and Halla. References External links *Objects from Guldrupe at the Digital Museumby Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum ( sv, Nordiska museet) is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period (in Swedish history, it is said to be ... Populated places in Gotland County {{Gotland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guldrupe Church
Guldrupe Church ( sv, Guldrupe kyrka) is a medieval church in Guldrupe on the island of Gotland. Its peculiar shape is due to the nave being older than the choir. It belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby (Sweden). History The oldest parts of the presently visible church is the nave, dating from the late 12th century. Oak planks decorated with dragons have however been found on the site, and indicate that there may have existed an earlier, wooden church on the spot. The tower dates from the early 13th century, and from the end of the same century dates the dis-proportionally large choir and sacristy. The choir replaced an earlier, smaller choir, but plans to replace also the nave were never carried out. The church has not been substantially altered since the Middle Ages. The windows date from 1865 and the church was renovated in 1964-65. Architecture The church is built of limestone. The nave and tower are Romanesque in style, while the somewhat later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halla, Gotland
Halla is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Halla District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Halla is situated in central Gotland. The medieval Halla Church is located in the socken. , Halla Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Vänge, Buttle, Guldrupe, Sjonhem and Viklau. History In 1904, the Broe helmet (RAÄ number Halla 48:1) was found in a cremation grave at Broe farm, Högbro in Halla. It is a decorated Vendel iron helmet, of which only fragments remain. References External links *Objects from Halla at the Digital Museumby Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum ( sv, Nordiska museet) is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period (in Swedish history, it is said t ... Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buttle, Gotland
Buttle is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Buttle District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Buttle is situated in the central part of Gotland. The medieval Buttle Church is located in the socken. , Buttle Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Vänge, Guldrupe, Sjonhem, Viklau and Halla. , Buttle is best known for holding the record for both the lowest and highest temperature on Gotland. The highest temperature, , was recorded on 8 August 1975 and the lowest, , on 9 February 1966. History Two of the few picture stones left in their original places on Gotland, are located at Änge in Buttle. Most other stones have been used as building material in local churches or moved to various museums. At , the larger of the two is also the tallest known picture stone on the island. References External links *Ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vänge, Gotland
Vänge is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Vänge District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Vänge is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Vänge Church, sometimes referred to as ''Vänge kyrkby''. Vänge is situated in the central part of Gotland. , Vänge Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Buttle, Guldrupe, Sjonhem, Viklau and Halla. One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10794 Vänge, is named after this place. History With the establishing of railways on Gotland in 1878, one of the stations resulted in the settlement Bjärges in Vänge. Other settlements are Bringes and Nickarve. With several equestrian establishments, Vänge is horse country. The Western Riders Arena is used for western riding and rodeo events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Registration Districts In Sweden
A registration district is, since 1 January 2016, the smallest administrative subdivision for population registration in Sweden ( sv, folkbokföring), i.e. the civil registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths, and for the collation of census information. Geographically, the districts correspond to the parishes of the Church of Sweden of 31 December 1999. Swedish National Heritage Board, 27 January 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.SFS 2015:493 Förordning om distrikt. Svensk författningssamling, 17. June 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Sweden
The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world, after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. A member of the Porvoo Communion, the church professes Lutheranism. It is composed of thirteen dioceses, divided into parishes. It is an open national church which, working with a democratic organisation and through the ministry of the church, covers the whole nation. The Primate of the Church of Sweden, as well as the Metropolitan of all Sweden, is the Archbishop of Uppsala. Today, the Church of Sweden is an Evangelical Lutheran church. It is liturgically and theologically "high church", having retained priests, vestments, and the Mass during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastorat
The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world, after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. A member of the Porvoo Communion, the church professes Lutheranism. It is composed of thirteen dioceses, divided into parishes. It is an open national church which, working with a democratic organisation and through the ministry of the church, covers the whole nation. The Primate of the Church of Sweden, as well as the Metropolitan of all Sweden, is the Archbishop of Uppsala. Today, the Church of Sweden is an Evangelical Lutheran church. It is liturgically and theologically "high church", having retained priests, vestments, and the Mass during the Swedis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and transitioned into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages. Population decline, counterurbanisation, the collapse of centralized authority, invasions, and mass migrations of tribes, which had begun in late antiquity, continued into the Early Middle Ages. The large-scale movements of the Migration Period, including various Germanic peoples, formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire. In the 7th century, North Africa and the Middle East—most recently part of the Eastern Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalencyklopedin
''Nationalencyklopedin'' (; "The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia, initiated by a favourable loan from the Government of Sweden of 17 million Swedish kronor in 1980, which was repaid by December 1990. The printed version consists of 20 volumes with 172,000 articles; the Internet version comprises 260,000 articles (as of June 2005). History The project was born in 1980, when a government committee suggested that negotiations be initiated with various publishers. This stage was finished in August 1985, when in Höganäs became the publisher responsible for the project. The project specifications were for a modern reference work based on a scientific paradigm incorporating gender and environmental issues. Pre-orders for the work were unprecedented; before the first volume was published in December 1989, 54,000 customers had ordered the encyclopedia. The last volume came out in 1996, with three suppl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Finance (Sweden)
The Ministry of Finance ( sv, Finansdepartementet) is a Swedish government ministry responsible for matters relating to economic policy, the central government budget, taxes, banking, security and insurance, international economic work, central, regional and local government. The ministry has a staff of 490, of whom only 20 are political appointees. The political executive is made up of three ministers: the Minister for Finance currently Elisabeth Svantesson ( m), the Minister for Financial Markets currently Niklas Wykman ( m) and the Minister for Public Administration currently Erik Slottner ( kd). The ministry offices are located at Drottninggatan 21 in central Stockholm. Government agencies The Ministry of Finance is principal for the following government agencies: Areas of responsibility * Financial markets * Central government budget * International cooperation * Local authorities * Taxes References External links Ministry of Finance official website {{autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
