Torekov
{{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
| subdivision_name = Sweden
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = Båstad Municipality
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Skåne County
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Skåne
| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=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 }}
| area_total_km2 = 1.78
| population_as_of = 31 December 2010
| population_total = 863
| population_density_km2 = 485
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| coordinates = {{coord|56|25|N|12|38|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
| website =
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Torekov ({{IPA|sv|ˈtûːrɛˌkɔv}}){{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}} is a locality situated in Båstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 863 inhabitants in 2010. It is still a 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 of all but his symbolic formal political powers, 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|0-521-63723-6}}.
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.
{{cite book
|last = Proctor
|first = James
|author2 = Neil Roland
|title = The Rough Guide to Sweden
|publisher = Rough Guides
|year = 2003
|isbn = 1-84353-066-X
|url-access = registration
|url = https://archive.org/details/sweden0000proc
}}
However, the more prosaic explanation refers to two old words thora meaning height, and kove meaning cabin or hut.Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2003
Population From 1960 to 2010
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