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Garde (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɑ̂ːɖɛ])[3] or Garda is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[4] It comprises the same area as the administrative Garde District, established on 1 January 2016.[5] It was the birth place of the marine biologist Adolf Appellöf (1857).

Garde Garda Garde (Gutnish)
Garde Church
Garde
Coordinates: 57°19′1″N 18°34′55″E
Country	Sweden
Province	Gotland
County	Gotland County
Municipality	Gotland Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	28.91 km2 (11.16 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[2]
• Total	182
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Geography

Garde is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Garde Church,[6] sometimes referred to as Garde kyrkby. It is situated in the eastern part of Gotland.[7]

One of the largest cairns on Gotland, the Digerrojr (not to be confused with the eponymous cairn in Alskog) or Graips rojr, is in Garda. It is approximately 5 m (16 ft) high and 35 m (115 ft) in diameter. It is surrounded by standing stones and a rock that is thought to have been used for some kind of sacrifices.[8]

As of 2019^[update], Garde Church belongs to Garde parish, along with the churches in Etelhem, Alskog, Lye and Ardre.[9][10]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10808 Digerrojr, is named after the Digerrojr cairn in Garde.[11]

References

External links

• Media related to Garde, Gotland at Wikimedia Commons
• Objects from Garde at the Digital Museum by Nordic Museum

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