Fjälkinge
Fjälkinge is a locality situated in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,690 inhabitants in 2010.
The etymology of the name indicates that the name originally may have meant "steep hill".
Fjälkinge Church is a well-preserved Romanesque church with late medieval frescos.
Olof Hanson, an American architect, was born in Fjälkinge in 1862. His family immigrated to Willmar, Minnesota in 1875.
References
- ^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Wahlöö, Claes (2014). Skånes kyrkor 1050-1949 (in Swedish). Kävlinge: Domus Propria. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-91-637-5874-4.
- ^ "Manuscripts - MSS 15 - Hanson, Olof, 1862-1933 - Manuscript Collection". Gallaudet University. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
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