Havdhem ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhâvdhɛm] ) is a locality situated on the Swedish island of Gotland with 300 inhabitants in 2014.
10-399: Havdhem is also the name of the larger populated area, socken (not to be confused with parish ). It comprises the same area as the administrative Havdhem District, established on 1 January 2016. Havdhem is the name of the locality surrounding the medieval Havdhem Church , sometimes referred to as Havdhem kyrkby . It is also the name of the socken as well as the district. Havdhem
20-674: A new administrative division and area for statistics , registration districts or simply districts, was introduced in Sweden. Geographically, the districts correspond with the parishes of the Church of Sweden as of 31 December 1999. About 85% of the old sockens corresponds with the new districts. Even though the term socken is no longer used administratively in Sweden, it is still used for cataloging and registering historical archives ( Swedish National Heritage Board ), botany , dialect research, toponymy and by local historical societies. Socken
30-448: A registration unit for buildings, in Sweden recently replaced by identical districts as registration unit. A socken consists of several villages and industry localities ( company towns ), and is typically named after the main village and the original church. Socken, in old Swedish sokn (compare: Danish and bokmål sogn , nynorsk sokn ) is an archaic name for the original country church parishes, kyrksocken . It also describes
40-543: A secular area, a sockenkommun ("rural area locality") or a taxation area, a jordbokssocken . In the Nordic countries a socken was an administrative area consisting of several villages or localities in much the same way as the civil parishes in England , but the concept is not used in reference to towns. A socken had a socken church, it was governed by a socken council and it was the predecessor to modern municipalities In 1862,
50-654: Is a convenient parameter for these purposes since it does not change with time. Statistics Sweden Statistics Sweden ( Swedish : Statistiska centralbyrån [staˈtɪ̌sːtɪska sɛnˈtrɑ̂ːlˌbyːrɔn] ; SCB , lit. ' Central Bureau of Statistics ' ) is the Swedish government agency operating under the Ministry of Finance and responsible for producing official statistics for decision-making, debate and research. The agency's responsibilities include: National statistics in Sweden date back to 1686 when
60-498: Is an rural area formed around a church, typically in the Middle Ages. A socken originally served as a parish . Later it also served as a civil parish or an administrative parish , and became a predecessor to today's municipalities of Sweden , Finland , Norway and Denmark . Today it is a traditional area with frozen borders, in Sweden typically identical to those of the early 20th century rural parishes. The socken also served as
70-671: Is situated in the central south part of Gotland. As of 2019, Havdhem Church belongs to Havdhem parish in Sudrets pastorat , along with the churches in Näs , Grötlingbo , Eke , Hablingbo and Silte . In 1961, Havdhem Municipality initiated a relief work project at Havor hillfort in Hablingbo that lead to the discovery of the Havor Hoard . The annual Havdhem Market is one of the major autumn markets on Gotland. There are five official markets held on
80-473: The kyrksockens ("church socken") and the sockenkommuns ("rural area locality") in Sweden were abolished as administrative areas during municipality reforms. The jordbrukssocken ("taxation area") remained in use until the Fastighetsdatareformen ("Reform for registration of real property") 1976–1995 was complete. No further alterations to the sockens was made after this. On 1 January 2016,
90-723: The island in August–October: Slite , Havdhem, Kräklingbo , Klintehamn and Hemse , each usually spanning a weekend. This article about a location in Gotland County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Socken Socken ( Swedish: [ˈsʊ̌kːɛn] or [ˈsɔ̌kːɛn] ) is the name used for a part of a county in Sweden. In Denmark similar areas are known as sogn , in Norway sokn or sogn and in Finland pitäjä (socken) . A socken
100-609: The parishes of the Church of Sweden were ordered to start keeping records on the population. SCB's predecessor, the Tabellverket ("office for tabulation"), was set up in 1749, and the current name was adopted in 1858. Statistics Sweden produces statistics in several different subject areas: As of 2015 , the agency had approximately 1,350 employees. The offices of the agency are located in Stockholm and Örebro . Statistics Sweden publishes
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