Krokek is a
locality
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situated in
Norrköping Municipality
Norrköping Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrköping, with some 90,000 inhabitants. It is the largest municipality in Östergötland.
By the time of the local g ...
,
Östergötland County
Östergötland County () is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a ...
,
Sweden
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with 4,285 inhabitants in 2010.
It is the main settlement of
Kolmården
Kolmården () is a long and wide densely forested rocky ridge that separates the Swedish provinces of Södermanland and Östergötland, two of the country's main agricultural areas, from each other, and in historic times, along with Tylöskog ...
and located a few kilometres away from the
Sörmland border. The place's name comes from , which refers to a crooked oak at the border between Östergötland and Sörmland.
History
The area has an extensive history, with multiple settlements dating back to the
Stone Age
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. There are also a few gravefields dating back to the
Iron Age
The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...
, which indicates a farm settlement 1,000-2,000 years ago. One of the great battles mentioned from the iron age,
battle of Brávellir
The Battle of Brávellir or the Battle of Bråvalla was a legendary battle, said to have taken place c. 770, that is described in the sagas as taking place on the Brávellir between Sigurd Hring, king of Sweden and the Geats of Västergötland, ...
is said to have occurred outside of Krokek. The name
Kolmården
Kolmården () is a long and wide densely forested rocky ridge that separates the Swedish provinces of Södermanland and Östergötland, two of the country's main agricultural areas, from each other, and in historic times, along with Tylöskog ...
, the large forest in which Krokek is situated in is mentioned in writings from the
11th century
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. It can be roughly translated into modern swedish as "Den mörka skogen" (The dark forest). The names of other parts in Krokek often originates from the
late Middle Ages
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and forward, with some exceptions such as
Svintuna.
The name Krokek (literally translated as crooked oak), originates from an
oak
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that was used as a marking on the border of
Östergötland
Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...
and
Södermanland
Södermanland ( ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latinisation of names, Latinized form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a Provinces of Sweden, historical province (or ) on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergà ...
.
This is noted in several medieval diplomas and in connection with the late monastery of Krokek, which was established in the 1420s-1440s. What is thought to be the oak in question split during a storm in 1902, and a 6 meter tall, hollow trunk stood until it was cut down in 1912. After it was cut, the stump was measured to be 785 centimeter in diameter. The oak was situated east of an old church,
Krokeks Ödekyrka, which used to belong to the monastery. The church is also known as ''Kung Fredriks kyrka'' (King Fredriks church).
Railway
The railway section between
Nyköping
Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden, with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County.
Including Arnö, the locality on the ...
and
Norrköping
Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...
runs and stops through Krokek. The name of the station in Krokek has been ''Kolmården station'' since 2000. It was along this railway that the
Getå railroad disaster
Getå is a minor locality in Norrköping Municipality, Sweden. It had a population of 95 in 2020.
Getå is located on the shore of Bråviken. In Getå there is a small hotel that for many years was run by the Jameson family. The so-called Getà ...
occurred, Sweden's largest train accident of all time.
Riksdag
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elections
See also
*
Kolmården Wildlife Park
Kolmården Wildlife Park () is a zoo that opened in 1965 overlooking Bråviken bay in Sweden. It is the largest zoo in Scandinavia, includes the first dolphinarium in Scandinavia, which opened in 1969 and has daily shows, and the world's first ...
References
Coastal cities and towns in Sweden
Populated places in Norrköping Municipality
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