Boge, Gotland

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Boge

|image_skyline = Tjelvars grav, Boge socken, Gotland.jpg

|image_caption = Tjelvar's Grave in Boge

|pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland

|pushpin_label_position =

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Sweden

|subdivision_type3 = Municipality

|subdivision_name3 = Gotland Municipality

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Gotland County

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Gotland

|area_footnotes = {{cite book|editor=Carlquist, Gunnar|title=Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2nd|chapter=Boge socken|language=sv|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}

|area_total_km2 = 36.55

|population_as_of = 2014

|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror 2015|trans-title=Gotland in numbers 2015|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}

|population_total = 259

|population_density_km2 =

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|57|41|13|N|18|45|46|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

|website =

}}

Boge is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of [http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?parish=901&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Boge District, established on 1{{nbsp}}January 2016.{{cite web|title=Förordning om district|trans-title=Regulation of districts|url=http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|date=17 June 2015|publisher=Ministry of Finance|access-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930041909/http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|archive-date=30 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

Geography

Boge is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Boge Church,{{cite book|last1=Lagerlöf|first1=Erland|last2= Svahnström|first2=Gunnar|title=Gotlands kyrkor|trans-title=Gotland's Churches|language=sv|id={{LIBRIS|7232718}}|date=1973|publisher=Rabén & Sjögren|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-29-41035-5|pages=103–104}} sometimes referred to as Boge kyrkby. It is situated on the northern east coast of Gotland.{{cite web|title=Boge|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/boge|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=30 June 2016}} The south part of the locality Slite is located in the north part of Boge socken.{{cite web |title=Slite |url=http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html |website=www.fmis.raa.se |publisher=Swedish National Heritage Board |access-date=11 January 2019}}

{{As of|2019}}, Boge Church belongs to Othem-Boge parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Slite and Othem.{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=11 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=Visby stifts indelning 2018 |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=1714164 |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=11 January 2019}}

History

Boge is best known for one of the stone ships located in the area Tjelvar's Grave. The stone ship is {{convert|18|m|ft|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide. It dates from the Bronze Age. Close to it are two hillforts and a minor grave field. According to legend, the ship is the burial site of Tjelvar, the first Gotlander.{{cite web|last1=Enderborg|first1=Bernt|title=Tjelvars grav|url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=1668|website=www.guteinfo.com|publisher=Guteinfo|access-date=30 June 2016}}

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