Stenkumla is a populated area, a

socken Socken is the name used for a part of a county in Sweden. In Denmark similar areas are known as ''sogn'', in Norway ''sokn'' or ''sogn'' and in Finland ''pitäjä'' ''(socken)''. A socken is a country-side area that was formed around a church, ...

(not to be confused with

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

), on the Swedish island of

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to th ...

. It comprises the same area as the administrative Stenkumla District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

Stenkumla is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the

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Stenkumla Church Stenkumla Church ( sv, Stenkumla kyrka) is a medieval church in Stenkumla on the island of Gotland, Sweden. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby. During the Middle Ages, the church was dedicated to Saint Lawrence. History and architecture The oldes ...

, sometimes referred to as ''Stenkumla kyrkby''. It is situated in the central east part of Gotland. , Stenkumla Church belongs to Stenkumla

, along with the churches in Träkumla,

Västerhejde Västerhejde is a urban areas in Sweden, locality on the Swedish island of Gotland. Västerhejde is also the name of the larger populated area, socken (not to be confused with Parishes of the Church of Sweden, parish). It comprises the same area ...

and

Vibble Vibble is a locality in Västerhejde on the Swedish island of Gotland. Sweden with 1,300 inhabitants in 2010. Situated south of Visby, it is sometimes regarded as a suburb to the town of Visby. The main business in Vibble is tourism. The relocat ...

. One of the

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s in the

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10553 Stenkumla 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

, is named after this place.

History

The last public execution in Sweden took place at Stenkumla Backe by Stenkumla Church on 18May 1876.

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, a robber and murderer was beheaded. He was buried in the church cemetery where his grave can still be seen.

References

External links

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Objects from Stenkumla at the Digital Museum
by

Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum ( sv, Nordiska museet) is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period (in Swedish history, it is said t ...

Populated places in Gotland County {{Gotland-geo-stub