Hed socken in

Västmanland Västmanland ( or ), is a historical Swedish province, or ''landskap'', in middle Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Närke, Värmland, Dalarna and Uppland. Västmanland means "(The) Land of the Western Men", where the "western men" (''västerm ...

, Sweden, was a part of the ''Skinnskattebergs bergslag'' and is since 1971, a part of

Skinnskatteberg Municipality Skinnskatteberg Municipality (''Skinnskattebergs kommun'') is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skinnskatteberg. In 1952 a new greater municipality was created when "old" Skinskatteberg ...

. The socken's area is , of which is land. Hed socken had 677 inhabitants in 2000. The mining village of Karmansbo, which includes the Hed Church, is situated in this socken.

Administrative history

Hed socken was founded in 1593 from part of the Malma socken. On municipal reform in 1862, responsibility for ecclesiastical matters passed to the Hed parish and for secular matters to Hed rural municipality. Hed rural municipality was incorporated in 1952 into Skinnskattebergs rural municipality, which itself became

in 1971. The parish was incorporated in 2006 into

Skinnskatteberg with Hed and Gunnilbo parish Skinnskatteberg () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Skinnskatteberg Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 2,287 inhabitants in 2010. Notable people *Johan Jakob Borelius (1823 – 1909), professor of theoretical phil ...

. Hed socken came under the tax bailiwick of the Skinnskattebergs mining district. Revenue from the district, collected through the

allotment system The allotment system ( sv, indelningsverket; fi, ruotujakolaitos) was a system used in Sweden for keeping a trained army at all times. This system came into use in around 1640, and was replaced by the modern Swedish Armed Forces conscription s ...

, was used to billet soldiers from the Bergslagen (''Berg'') company of the

Regiment.

Geography

Hed socken is located north-west of Köping and west of ''Hedströmmen''. The lakes Långsvan and Lillsvan are to the east. The parish is hilly, with woods and bogs. A railway line (now freight-only) runs from Godsstråket to Bergslagen through the western part of Hed socken. At the border with Skinnskattebergs, close to the railway line, are the remains of a camp (Krampenlägret) built to house

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

internees during the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. At ''Hedströmmen'' there are, counting from the north, Tomasbo, Västanhed, Karmansbo, Bernshammar and Jönsarbo. The Hed Church is located on a rise adjacent to county road 250. Close by is the village of Bubbarsbo, now mostly holiday homes on the banks of Lillsvan lake. To the north is Långsvan lake, on the western strand of which is Bysala village. Bysala is the old thing or assembly place for the Skinnskatteberg district. The county road 250 runs along the west side of Långsvan lake. To the west the parish stretches to the county border with

Örebro County Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly n ...

, and to the

Ramsberg Ramsberg () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Lindesberg Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 257 inhabitants in 2010. Riksdag elections References

Populated places in Örebro County Populated places in Lindes ...

parish in the

Lindesberg Municipality Lindesberg Municipality (''Lindesbergs kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lindesberg. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former ''City of Lindesberg'' and the for ...

. In the northwest it borders Skinnskattebergs parish and in the north Gunnilbo parish.

History

There is evidence of seven settlements from the

Stone Age The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC, with t ...

. However between the Stone Age and the

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 a ...

there is no evidence of settlement. During the Middle Ages the current settlement was established. There is also a deserted grave yard in the socken, as well as remnants of old foundries and trip hammers. The population of Hed socken was 2,042 in 1880 and 2,053 in 1908.

Identification

The name (in 1351, ''Heed'') has the meaning of "heath", a dry, pine-covered land, referring to the Köping ridge that runs from Malma to Skinnskatteberg.

Administrative history

Geography

History

Identification

References

Further reading