Åsum is a place name and surname in

Scandinavia Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swe ...

. The

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

name is derived from the words for ridge ( ås) and home ( um)''.'' Alternative spellings include Aasum, Aasumb, and Awsumb. Åsum may refer to: * Åsum, Denmark, a village and eastern suburb of Odense, Funen, Denmark *

Norra Åsum Norra Åsum is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom ...

, a locality in Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden * Södra Åsum, a church in

Sjöbo Municipality Sjöbo Municipality (''Sjöbo kommun'') is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Sjöbo. The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former market town (''köping'') ''Sjöbo'' was amalga ...

, Skåne County, Sweden

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