Sankt Olof

Sankt Olof is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Skåne County and the historical province Scania. He belongs to the municipality Simrishamn.

Location

Sankt Olof counts 624 inhabitants (as of 2010 ) and is situated in the eastern part of Skåne in Österlen.

History

The original name of the village was Lunkende, later it was named after the Saint Olav. On June 7, 1749 naturalist Carl Linnaeus visited the site with his secretary Olof Söderberg. 1901 Sankt Olof was a railway station. Following closure of the route, the railway museum Skåne Järnvägar was founded, whose southernmost terminus Sankt Olof is.

Sankt Olof holds the record for the largest meteorological Snow Skåne. On March 20, 1942, a snow depth of 100 cm was measured.

In 1954, the town of Sankt Olof part of the community Kivik. Since 1974, the city belongs to the municipality Simrishamn. The population of Saint Olof, in 1960, when 505 people, rose up in 1990 to 688 persons and dropped to 624 people in 2010.

In the village is originally from the 12th century St. Olof 's Church. A short distance beyond is the St. Olof source.

Bahnhof Sankt Olof

St. Olof source

Personalities

The Swedish politicians and members of the Swedish Parliament John Åkesson (1872-1954) and Sten Åkesson (1900-1971) died each in Sankt Olof.

In place of the Swedish big-game hunter Andrew Holmberg lives (* 1918).