Lärbro () is a locality on the Swedish island of

Gotland Gotland (; ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a Provinces of Sweden, province/Counties of Sweden, county (Swedish län), Municipalities of Sweden, municipality, a ...

, with 963 inhabitants in 2014. Lärbro is also the name of the larger populated area, ''

socken Socken ( or ) is the name used for a part of a counties of Sweden, county in Sweden. In Denmark, similar areas are known as , in Norway or and in Finland or . A is a rural area formed around a church, typically in the Middle Ages. A socken ...

'' (not to be confused with

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

). It comprises the same area as the administrative Lärbro District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

Lärbro is the name of the locality surrounding the

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Lärbro Church, sometimes referred to as ''Lärbro kyrkby''. It is also the name of the ''socken'' as well as the district. Lärbro is located in the northern part of Gotland, approximately north of

Slite Slite is a locality situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, on the island of Gotland, Sweden with 1,500 inhabitants in 2014. Geography Slite is situated on the northern east coast of Gotland. The town is divided by the Sjuströmmar in ...

. , Lärbro Church belongs to Forsa

in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Hellvi, Hangvar,

Hall In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age and the Early Middle Ages in northern Europe, a mead hall was where a lord and his retainers ate and also slept. Later in the Middle Ages, the gre ...

and Hallshuk. One of the

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s in the

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, 10126 Lärbro, is named after this place.

History

From 1921 to 1960, Lärbro had a railway connection with

Visby Visby () is an urban areas in Sweden, urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants . Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic League, ...

. The locality's main source of income is tourism.

Gann Church Gann Church ruin (Swedish: ''Ganns Ödekyrka'') is the ruin of an abandoned church (''ödekyrka'') in Lärbro ''socken'' on the Swedish island of Gotland. The stone church was built in the 13th century and presumed abandoned in the 16th century ...

ruin is in Lärbro.

References

External links

Lärbro websiteObjects from Lärbro at the Digital Museum
by

Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum () 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 begin in 1520) to the ...

Populated places in Gotland County {{Gotland-geo-stub