Lokrume

Lokrume (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈlûːkˌrɵmːɛ])[3] is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[4] It comprises the same area as the administrative Lokrume District, established on 1 January 2016.[5]

Lokrume
Lokrume Church
Lokrume
Coordinates: 57°41′0″N 18°32′0″E
CountrySweden
ProvinceGotland
CountyGotland County
MunicipalityGotland Municipality
Area
 • Total34.91 km2 (13.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)[2]
 • Total272
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.lokrume.se

Geography

Lokrume is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Lokrume Church,[6] sometimes referred to as Lokrume kyrkby. It is situated in the central northern part of Gotland,[7] with farmed land to the north and forests in the south.[1]

As of 2019, Lokrume Church belongs to Väskinde parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Väskinde, Fole, Bro, Hejnum and Bäl.[8][9]

One of the asteroids in the Asteroid belt, 9267 Lokrume, is named after this place.[10]

History

The name Lokrume is from the 14th century name Lokarum and consists of the lok or lauk being the name of a farm, Lauks, and rum meaning "open place". This sums up to "The open place belonging to the Lauks people".[11] Gervid Lauk was a 14th-century county judge living in Lokrume, one of the medieval houses belonging to his estate still remains at the Lauks farm.[12]

There are several minor Viking Age grave fields and stone ships,[13] as well as larger stones with Iron Age grinding grooves.[14] Four silver treasures has been found at Lokrume,[15] as was the Viking Age Lokrume helmet fragment.

References
  1. "Lokrume, socken". www.svenskuppslagsbok.se (in Swedish). Svensk uppslagsbok. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 16.
  4. The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
  5. "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churches] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 201–204. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. SELIBR 7232718.
  7. "Lokrume". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  8. "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  9. "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  10. "9267 Lokrume (1978 RL10)". www.nasa.goc. NASA. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  11. Svenskt ortnamnslexikon [Swedish location name dictionary] (in Swedish). Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI). 2003. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  12. Enderborg, Bernt. "Lauks i Lokrume" [Lauks in Lokrume]. www.guteinfo.com (in Swedish). Guteinfo.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  13. "Lokrume". www.fmis.raa.se (in Swedish). Swedish National Heritage Board. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  14. "List of Gotland grinding grooves KL". www.stavgard.com. Sören_Gannholm. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  15. "Lokrume socken". www.historiska.se (in Swedish). Swedish History Museum. Retrieved 25 January 2015.


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