# Torekov

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name                   = Torekov
| image_skyline                   = Hamnen i Torekov 1.jpg
| image_caption                   = Coast of Torekov, facing West
| pushpin_map                     = Sweden Skåne#Sweden
| pushpin_label_position          = 
| subdivision_type                = [Country](/source/Country)
| subdivision_name                = [Sweden](/source/Sweden)
| subdivision_type3               = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Sweden)
| subdivision_name3               = [Båstad Municipality](/source/B%C3%A5stad_Municipality)
| subdivision_type2               = [County](/source/Counties_of_Sweden)
| subdivision_name2               = [Skåne County](/source/Sk%C3%A5ne_County)
| subdivision_type1               = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Sweden)
| subdivision_name1               = [Skåne](/source/Sk%C3%A5ne)
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[Statistics Sweden](/source/Statistics_Sweden) |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2                  = 1.78
| population_as_of                = 31 December 2010
| population_footnotes            = <ref name=scb />
| population_total                = 863 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
| population_density_km2          = 485
| timezone                        = [CET](/source/Central_European_Time)
| utc_offset                      = +1
| timezone_DST                    = [CEST](/source/Central_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset_DST                  = +2
| coordinates                     = {{coord|56|25|N|12|38|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
| website                         = 
}}
'''Torekov''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈtûːrɛˌkɔv}})<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0029.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=25}}</ref> is a [locality](/source/Urban_areas_in_Sweden) situated in [Båstad Municipality](/source/B%C3%A5stad_Municipality), [Skåne County](/source/Sk%C3%A5ne_County), [Sweden](/source/Sweden) with 863 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb /> It is still a [fishing village](/source/fishing_village) but it is today known as a summer resort.

In August 1971 Torekov hosted a meeting in which it was decided to strip the [king](/source/Monarchy_of_Sweden) of all but his symbolic formal political powers, known as the "[Torekov Compromise](/source/Torekov_Compromise)".<ref>Torbjörn Bergman (1999). "Trade-offs in Swedish Constitutional design: The Monarchy Under Challenge". In Wolfgang C. Müller and [Kaare Strøm](/source/Kaare_Str%C3%B8m_(political_scientist)), eds., ''Policy? Office?, or Votes? How Political Parties Make Hard Choices''. [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press). {{ISBN|0-521-63723-6}}.</ref>

The walking trail [Skåneleden](/source/Sk%C3%A5neleden) passes through Torekov, connecting it to [Hovs hallar](/source/Hovs_Hallar) to the north and [Vejbystrand](/source/Vejbystrand) to the south.<ref>{{Cite web |title=17 Hovs hallar- Torekov |url=https://www.skaneleden.se/en/etapp/17-hovs-hallar-torekov |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=Skåneleden |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=18 Torekov - Vejbystrand |url=https://www.skaneleden.se/en/etapp/18-torekov-vejbystrand |access-date=2025-08-05 |website=Skåneleden |language=en}}</ref>

==The name==
According to an old legend, the town is named after 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.<ref>
{{cite book
|last = Proctor
|first = James
|author2 = Neil Roland
|title = The Rough Guide to Sweden
|publisher = [Rough Guides](/source/Rough_Guides)
|year = 2003
|isbn = 1-84353-066-X
|url-access = registration
|url = https://archive.org/details/sweden0000proc
}}
</ref> However, the more prosaic explanation refers to two old words ''thora'' meaning height, and ''kove'' meaning cabin or hut.<ref>Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2003</ref>

==Population From 1960 to 2010==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year || 1960 || 1965 || 1970 || 1975 || 1980 || 1990 || 1995 || 2000 || 2005 || 2010
|-
! Population<ref>[http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01x/MI0810_2005A01x_SM_MI38SM0703.pdf Retrieved 6 June 2011]</ref>
| 531 || 10px 512 || 10px 509 || 10px 668  || 10px 822  || 10px 933 || 10px 1015 || 10px 947 || 10px 888 || 10px 863
|}

== References ==
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==External links==
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{{Localities in Båstad Municipality}}

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Category:Populated places in Båstad Municipality
Category:Coastal cities and towns in Sweden

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