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 ...

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

name is derived from the words for

ridge A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...

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ås Ås is the Scandinavian language word for an esker, a ridge of sand and gravel. Ås may also refer to: People * Ås (surname) *Berit Ås (born 1928), a Norwegian politician and Professor Emerita of social psychology at the University of Oslo ...

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home A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it ...

( 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 Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically correspondi ...

, 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 amalgam ...

, Skåne County, Sweden

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