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Varberg Municipality Varberg Municipality () is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg. It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the ''City of Varberg'' and the surrounding rural municipalities. There are 25 original ...

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, with 2,534 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 15 km south-east of

Varberg Varberg () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 35,782 inhabitants in 2019. Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their "typical west coast" sandy beaches. In Varberg th ...

Name

The actual name ''Tvååker'' could be translated as ''twofield'' (or ''twoacre''). But it is instead a corruption of the name ''Toaker'' (1198). The word ''to'' has been interpreted as ''

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'', i.e. ''"flax field"''.Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2003.

Education

The village has a lower secondary school, ''Bosgårdsskolan'' as well as an upper secondary school, Munkagårdsgymnasiet, which is focused on animal care, agriculture, forestry and landscaping.

Sport

The football team, '' Tvååkers IF'' was formed in 1920 and has a male team for the first time as high as 2nd league and a joint female team with Galtabäck in the 5th league. A

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-team, ''Tvååkers IBK'', was formed in 1986 and played in the top league for two seasons in the early 1990s. Other sports clubs located in Tvååker include: * Galtabäcks BK

People from Tvååker

Sven Nylander Sven Olof Nylander (born 1 January 1962) is a Swedish retired hurdler, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships in Athletics, European Championships in 1990 and 1994. He represented his native country in three ...

* Svante Grände

References

Populated places in Varberg Municipality {{Halland-geo-stub