Fjälkinge

Fjälkinge is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,690 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

Fjälkinge
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Coordinates: 56°03′N 14°17′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Skåne
County	Skåne County
Municipality	Kristianstad Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	1,690
• Density	1,254/km2 (3,250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The etymology of the name indicates that the name originally may have meant "steep hill".^[2]

Fjälkinge Church is a well-preserved Romanesque church with late medieval frescos.

Olof Hanson, an American architect, was born in Fjälkinge in 1862. His family immigrated to Willmar, Minnesota in 1875.^[3]