Torekov is a locality

Urban areas in Sweden

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 situated in Båstad Municipality

Båstad Municipality

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, Skåne County

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, Sweden

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 with 888 inhabitants in 2005. 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 powers in government, known as the "Torekov Compromise".

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.
However, the more prosaic explanation refers to two old words thora meaning height, and kove meaning cabin or hut.

Population From 1960 to 2010

Year	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010
Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...	531	512	509	668	822	933	1015	947	888	863