Fardhem
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Fardhem
|image_skyline = Fardhems-kyrka-Gotland-kl1.jpg
|image_caption = Fardhem Church
|pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland
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|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 encyclopedia|title=Fardhem socken|encyclopedia=Svensk uppslagsbok|year=1947–55|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2|id={{LIBRIS|11112}}}}
|area_total_km2 = 20
|population_as_of = 2014
|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror|trans-title=Gotland in numbers|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=22 April 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}
|population_total =485
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|15|50|N|18|20|29|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
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Fardhem ({{IPA|sv|ˈfɑ̂ːɖhɛm}}){{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0011.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=7}} 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=914&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Fardhem 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=24 May 2016}} The area is rural with farms, tourism and small companies as the main sources of income.{{cite web|title=Fardhem|url=http://www.gotland.net/omrade/fardhem|website=www.gotland.net|publisher=Gotland.net|access-date=22 April 2016}} It is home to football club Fardhem IF.{{cite web|url=http://www.fg86.se/|title=Fardhem IF–Fotboll Klubb|access-date=22 April 2016}}
Geography
Fardhem is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Fardhem Church,{{cite book|last1=Lagerlöf|first1=Erland|last2= Svahnström|first2=Gunnar|title=Gotlands kyrkor|language=sv|year=1973|publisher=Rabén & Sjögren|location=Uddevalla|isbn=91-29-41035-5|id={{LIBRIS|7232718}}|pages=133–134}} sometimes referred to as Fardhem kyrkby. It is situated on southern Gotland about {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of Hemse. Most of the socken consists of farmed plains on land reclaimed from the drained Mästermyr to the south.{{cite book|last=Sjögren|first=Otto|date=1931|title=Sverige geografisk beskrivning del 2 Östergötlands, Jönköpings, Kronobergs, Kalmar och Gotlands län|location=Stockholm|publisher=Wahlström & Widstrand|id={{LIBRIS|9939}}}}{{cite web|title=Fardhem|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/fardhem|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=24 April 2016}} Many of the farmed fields still have the same boundaries as in the 18th century.
In the middle of Fardhem is the Sandarve kulle nature reserve. Situated on a hill it covers {{convert|15|ha|acre|abbr=on}} at an elevation of about {{convert|60|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It was established in 1984.{{cite web|last1=Pettersson|first1=Lena|title=Sandarve kulle|url=http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/gotland/Sv/djur-och-natur/skyddad-natur/naturreservat/sandarve-kulle/Pages/index.aspx|website=www.lansstyrelsen.se|publisher=County administrative boards of Sweden|access-date=24 April 2016}}
{{As of|2019}}, Fardhem Church belongs to Fardhem parish in Fardhems pastorat.{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=12 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=12 January 2019}}
History
The locality is mentioned as Farþhaim in the 14th century Gutasaga.{{cite web|last1=James|first1=Maria|title=Fardhem, Kulturmiljöprogram Gotland|url=http://www.gotland.se/KMP/Fardhem|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=24 April 2016}} The last part of the name hem means "dwelling" or "farm" and the first part fardh means "trail" or "a place where you can travel", it may refer to the Ancylus wall, a remaining bank of the Ancylus Lake that made a good "road" to travel on.{{cite book|editor-first=Mats|editor-last=Wahlberg|date=2003|title=Svenskt ortnamnslexikon|location=Uppsala|publisher=Institutet för språk och folkminnen|id={{LIBRIS|8998039}}|isbn=91-7229-020-X}}
The area has been populated since the Bronze Age. There are grave fields, house foundations, groove stones and two hillforts from the Iron Age. One runestone and a silver treasure from the Viking Age have also been found in Fardhem.{{cite web|title=List of Gotland grinding grooves F|url=http://stavgard.com/stavar/gotlslipsk/slipsk10.html#f|website=www.stavgard.com|publisher=Sören Gannholm|date=27 June 2015|access-date=24 April 2016}}{{cite web|title=Go, Fardhem socken|url=http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/socken.asp?snkod=0914|website=www.historiska.se|publisher=Swedish History Museum|access-date=24 April 2016}}{{cite web|title=Fardhem|url=http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?parish=914&tab=2&page=1|website=www.fmis.raa.se|publisher=Swedish National Heritage Board|access-date=24 April 2016}}
The locality has a wool mill and weapons repair shop.
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
{{Commons category|Fardhem}}
- [http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Fardhem%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Fardhem at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County