Väskinde () is a

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on the Swedish island of

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. Väskinde 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

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

Geography

Väskinde is the name of the locality surrounding the

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Väskinde Church Väskinde Church () is a medieval Lutheranism, Lutheran church in Väskinde on the island of Gotland, Sweden. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby. History Building of the oldest part of the church, the choir (architecture), choir, started slightly ...

, sometimes referred to as ''Väskinde kyrkby''. It is also the name of the ''socken'' as well as the district. Väskinde is located in the northwest part of Gotland. , Väskinde Church belongs to Väskinde

in Norra Gotlands

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, along with the churches in Bro, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum and Bäl. At Själsö in the south part of the Väskinde ''socken'' coast, is Brucebo

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and art museum. Formerly the home of artists William Blair Bruce and his wife Carolina Benedicks-Bruce, it is now managed by the Brucebo Foundation. Further north along the coast is Brissund

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and beach.

Services

In Väskinde there is a school from kindergarten to sixth year of primary school with about 200 pupils from Väskinde, and nearby localities

Lummelunda Lummelunda (sometimes referred to as Lummelunda and Etebols) is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with Parishes of the Church of Sweden, parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the Registration district ...

and Bro. The locality has an active Hembygdsförening or cultural association organising activities such as midsummer dance, and caring for local meadows. The public transport system services Väskinde with Bus 27, 61 and 62.

References

External links

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Objects from Väskinde 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