Torsång () is a

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situated in

Borlänge Municipality Borlänge Municipality (''Borlänge kommun'') is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden, with an area of 586.4 km². The municipality has a population of 47,640 (2007). The municipal seat is Borlänge. The present municipality ...

Dalarna County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark ...

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with 666 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated on lakes Runnsjön and Osjön and the river Dalälven, which are connected with the canal Lillälven. ''Torsång Court District'', or ''Torsångs tingslag'', was a district of

Dalarna Dalarna () is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in central Sweden. English exonyms for it are Dalecarlia () and the Dales. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland Värmland () also known a ...

. The court district (''

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'') served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a

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(''härad''). The entire province had once been a single hundred, called ''Dala hundare''.

History

Swedish (then future) king

Gustav I Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ('' Riksföre ...

(Gustav Vasa) passed through in the year 1520, while a fugitive from Danish mercenaries. A memorial stone was erected to mark this important event in Swedish history. It can still be seen in Torsång's open-air museum.

References

Populated places in Dalarna County Populated places in Borlänge Municipality {{Dalarna-geo-stub