Tofta Formation
Tofta may refer to: * Tofta, Adelsö, a seat farm and manorial lordship in Uppland, Sweden * Tofta, Gotland, a locality on the island of Gotland, Sweden ** Tofta firing range, a military training ground in Tofta on the Swedish island of Gotland * Tofta, Varberg Municipality, a locality in Halland County, Sweden * Tofta Leikvøllur, a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands * Tofta, Landskrona Municipality Tofta is a district in Landskrona Municipality and in Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the ...

Tofta, Adelsö
Tofta was a seat farm and noted manorial lordship in medieval Sweden, located in Adelsö, Uppland. Its most prominent holder was Charles Ulvsson, Lord of Tofta, maternal grandfather of king Charles VIII of Sweden. Charles VIII had an invented, partially fabricated genealogy published (see Nils av Tofta in Swedish) to create himself a descent from an invented granddaughter of king Eric IX of Sweden Eric IX, (Swedish: ''Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; Sankt Erik''; d. 18 May 1160) also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, was a Swedish king in the 12th century, 1156–1160. The ''Roman Martyrology'' of the Catholic ... the Saint through some historically unattested earlier lords of Tofta. Mälaren Buildings and structures in Stockholm County {{sweden-struct-stub ...
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Tofta, Gotland
Tofta, also known as Gotlands Tofta, 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 Tofta District, established on 1January 2016. Tofta is most noted for its long, sandy beach. In the north part of Tofta is a military firing range, which is also the location of the annual Gotland Grand National, the world's largest enduro race. Geography Tofta is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Tofta Church, also known as ''Tofta kyrkby''. Tofta is on the central west coast of Gotland, situated on a high rocky plateau mostly covered in pine forest, 48%, while 22% of the area is used as farmland. In the northwest part of Tofta, between the coastline and road 140, is the Tofta firing range (''Tofta Skjutfält''). It is a military compound, approximately , used for training with live ammunition, tanks, arti ...
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