Flodafors
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Flodafors is a small village in Katrineholm Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden. Flodafors is often called Floda for convenience. Neighbouring villages include Bie and Valla.
The village is located on the Western Main Line between Katrineholm and Flen. Floda is well known for Floda Church (Floda kyrka).
Floda Church
Floda church is in Katrineholmsbygden parish in the Diocese of Strängnäs of the Church of Sweden.
The church is built of stone and was originally constructed during the 12th century.
Some of the paintings in the church date to the 1480s and were made by Albertus Pictor (c. 1440 – c. 1507). Among the church's furnishings are an altar cabinet from 1450, the Renaissance-style pulpit from 1662 and the baptismal font which was donated in 1671.
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In the 1630s, rebuilding began during which the church was extended and new sacristy was built. The choir was completed in 1666.
In 1885–1888, the church was rebuilt into three-edged neo-Gothic brick basilica under the direction of architect Adolf Kjellström (1834-1932).
The renovation utilized plans made by architect Axel Herman Hägg (1835-1921).{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/nfbn/0114.html
|title= Adolf Vilhelm Kjellström, arkitekt |publisher= Nordisk familjebok|access-date=January 1, 2019}}
|author= Jonas Gavel |accessdate=January 1, 2019}}
The church's main organ was built for the restoration in 1885 by the organ builder company P.L. Åkerman & Lund (Åkerman & Lund Orgelbyggeri) of Stockholm. It was restored during 2006.
Climate
SMHI has had a weather station operating in Floda since 1995. It has a borderline humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) with sizeable maritime influence, resulting in mild winter averages for its latitude. Floda is still less influenced by the Baltic Sea than areas to its south such as Nyköping and Oxelösund, resulting in harsher winter frosts and larger summer diurnal temperature variation than the coastal parts of the county. Although a {{convert|-33.2|C|F}} reading occurred at the station's location measured in a brief existence of a similar station on 20 February 1963, the chart below only records the modern inceptions' extremes. Due to Flodafors being distinctly influenced by being in the interior, it has some of the warmest average afternoon summer temperatures in all of Scandinavia.
{{Weather box
|location = Floda (2002–2021 averages, extremes since 1995)
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|Jan record high C = 11.6
|Feb record high C = 12.4
|Mar record high C = 18.6
|Apr record high C = 24.0
|May record high C = 28.7
|Jun record high C = 32.2
|Jul record high C = 34.4
|Aug record high C = 32.2
|Sep record high C = 26.7
|Oct record high C = 22.0
|Nov record high C = 16.6
|Dec record high C = 12.9
|year record high C =
|Jan avg record high C = 7.0
|Feb avg record high C = 7.8
|Mar avg record high C = 13.6
|Apr avg record high C = 19.5
|May avg record high C = 24.8
|Jun avg record high C = 28.4
|Jul avg record high C = 29.6
|Aug avg record high C = 28.3
|Sep avg record high C = 23.3
|Oct avg record high C = 16.8
|Nov avg record high C = 11.8
|Dec avg record high C = 7.6
|year avg record high C = 30.4
|Jan high C = 0.5
|Feb high C = 1.2
|Mar high C = 5.6
|Apr high C = 11.9
|May high C = 17.2
|Jun high C = 21.4
|Jul high C = 23.8
|Aug high C = 22.3
|Sep high C = 17.7
|Oct high C = 10.6
|Nov high C = 5.4
|Dec high C = 2.3
|year high C =
|Jan mean C = -2.6
|Feb mean C = -2.3
|Mar mean C = 1.1
|Apr mean C = 6.1
|May mean C = 11.0
|Jun mean C = 15.3
|Jul mean C = 17.6
|Aug mean C = 16.5
|Sep mean C = 12.5
|Oct mean C = 6.9
|Nov mean C = 2.9
|Dec mean C = -0.4
|year mean C =
|Jan low C = -5.6
|Feb low C = -5.8
|Mar low C = -3.4
|Apr low C = 0.2
|May low C = 4.8
|Jun low C = 9.1
|Jul low C = 11.4
|Aug low C = 10.6
|Sep low C = 7.3
|Oct low C = 3.2
|Nov low C = 0.3
|Dec low C = -3.0
|year low C =
|Jan avg record low C = -19.2
|Feb avg record low C = -17.4
|Mar avg record low C = -12.7
|Apr avg record low C = -6.3
|May avg record low C = -2.5
|Jun avg record low C = 2.5
|Jul avg record low C = 6.1
|Aug avg record low C = 3.8
|Sep avg record low C = -0.6
|Oct avg record low C = -4.5
|Nov avg record low C = -9.0
|Dec avg record low C = -14.0
|year avg record low C = -22.1
|Jan record low C = -29.2
|Feb record low C = -32.8
|Mar record low C = -22.9
|Apr record low C = -16.9
|May record low C = -6.9
|Jun record low C = -1.3
|Jul record low C = 4.2
|Aug record low C = -0.3
|Sep record low C = -5.7
|Oct record low C = -10.0
|Nov record low C = -18.4
|Dec record low C = -30.1
|year record low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 36.8
|Feb precipitation mm = 28.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 26.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 27.5
|May precipitation mm = 50.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 63.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 61.3
|Aug precipitation mm = 76.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 41.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 53.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 46.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 42.9
|year precipitation mm =
|Jan snow depth cm = 20
|Feb snow depth cm = 23
|Mar snow depth cm = 15
|Apr snow depth cm = 3
|May snow depth cm = 0
|Jun snow depth cm = 0
|Jul snow depth cm = 0
|Aug snow depth cm = 0
|Sep snow depth cm = 0
|Oct snow depth cm = 0
|Nov snow depth cm = 6
|Dec snow depth cm = 12
|year snow depth cm = 28
|source 1 = SMHI Open Data for Floda, precipitation{{cite web
| url = https://www.smhi.se/data/meteorologi/ladda-ner-meteorologiska-observationer/#param=precipitationMonthlySum,stations=all,stationid=96040
| title = Open Data for Floda
| language = sv
| publisher= Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
| accessdate = 28 August 2019}}
|source 2 = SMHI Open Data for Floda, temperature{{cite web
| url = https://www.smhi.se/data/meteorologi/ladda-ner-meteorologiska-observationer/#param=airTemperatureMinAndMaxOnceEveryDay,stations=all,stationid=96040
| publisher = Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
| language = sv
| title = Open Data for Floda| accessdate = 28 August 2019}}
|date = August 2019}}
Recent events
In 2007, the Social Democrats and the Left Party in Katrineholm Municipality decided to shut down the elementary school in Flodafors.
News of closure pulled off a great public protest, led by people in Flodafors. The Floda independent school association formed and has been operating school activities since the fall of 2009, in the old school premises.{{cite web |url=http://www.socialdemokraterna.se/Webben-for-alla/Arbetarekommuner/Katrineholm/Vart-parti/S-foreningar/Ostra-s-foreningen-Katrineholm/Var-politik1/Stadsparken/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104014333/http://www.socialdemokraterna.se/Webben-for-alla/Arbetarekommuner/Katrineholm/Vart-parti/S-foreningar/Ostra-s-foreningen-Katrineholm/Var-politik1/Stadsparken/ |archive-date=2013-11-04 |title=Stadsparken - www.socialdemokraterna.se}}{{cite web |url=http://kkuriren.se/ledareasikter/fritturhjartat/1.1451327?m=print |title=Skola nyckel till levande landsbygd - Fritt ur hjärtat - kkuriren.se |accessdate=2013-05-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104184132/http://kkuriren.se/ledareasikter/fritturhjartat/1.1451327?m=print |archivedate=2013-11-04 }}
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References
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Other sources
- Robert Bennett; P-O Karlsson (1988) Floda kyrka : Oppunda härad, Södermanland (Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell)
External links
- [https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/katrineholmsbygdens-forsamling/floda-kyrka Floda kyrka website]
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Category:Populated places in Katrineholm Municipality
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