- Torekov
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Torekov
image_caption = Coast of Torekov, facing West
imagesize = 200px
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 =Båstad Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Skåne County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 =Skåne
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 1.74
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 888
population_density_km2 = 511
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=56 |latm=25 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=12 |longm=38 |longs= |longEW=E
website =Torekov is a small coastal locality in
Båstad Municipality ,Skåne County ,Sweden . It is still a fishing village but it is today best known as an exclusive summer resort.In August, 1971 Torekov hosted a meeting in which it was decided to strip the king of all but his symbolic formal powers in government, known as the "Torekov Compromise". [Torbjörn Bergman (1999). "Trade-offs in Swedish Constitutional design: The Monarchy Under Challenge". In Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm, eds., "Policy? Office?, or Votes? How Political Parties Make Hard Choices".
Cambridge University Press . ISBN 0521637236.]The name
A legend tells us that the town is named for a girl later known as Saint Thora who was drowned by her stepmother, found on the shore of Torekov, and buried by a blind man who then regained his sight. [cite book
last = Proctor
first = James
coauthors = Neil Roland
title = The Rough Guide to Sweden
publisher =Rough Guides
year = 2003
isbn = 184353066X] However, the more prosaic explanation refers to two old words "thora" meaning height, and "kove" meaning cabin or hut. [Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2003]References
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