Torsåker, Hofors Municipality

Torsåker is a locality situated in Hofors Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 899 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] It contains a parish for the Archdiocese of Uppsala. The church at Torsåker has two runestones, Gs 7 and Gs 8.

Torsåker
Torsåker Church in June 2010
Torsåker Show map of Sweden Gävleborg Torsåker Show map of Sweden
Coordinates: 60°31′N 16°29′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Gästrikland
County	Gävleborg County
Municipality	Hofors Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	899
• Density	738/km2 (1,910/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Etymology

Torsåker has the Norse pagan god Thor as an element along with Old Norse akr or áker, "arable land."^[2] The typical translation for the name is "Thor's field" and was often originally used as the name of a farm.

Notable people

• Elov Persson (1894-1970), Swedish cartoonist and comic artist
• Erik Gabrielsson Emporagrius (1606-1674), Swedish professor and bishop
• Kerstin Hesselgren (1872–1962), first woman elected into the upper house of Swedish parliament