Sund is a hamlet in
Ydre Municipality
Ydre Municipality (''Ydre kommun'') is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town of Österbymo.
The municipality was created through the local government reform of 1952, when six former ...
in the
South Swedish highlands
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. According to Svenskt ortnamnslexikon the name of the locality means "narrow"
referring to its position at the bottleneck position between
Norra Sundsjön and
Södra Sundsjön.
According to
Leonhard Fredrik Rääf
Leonhard Fredrik Rääf (1786 – 1872) also known as Ydredrotten was a Swedish folklorist, local historian and conservative politician from Ydre. During a time Rääf had a literary salon in Tomestorp which was frequented by among others Per Dani ...
the church in Sund was built in the 12th century.
This church is described by Rääf as having stone arches, however it burned down in arson in 1631 and was rebuilt shortly afterward.
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References
Villages in Sweden
Populated lakeshore places in Sweden
Populated places in Ydre Municipality
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