Skålltorp

Skålltorp is a nature reserve in Skärv socken, Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Skålltorp is situated nearby to the hamlet Skärv, as well as near the locality Stora Ekeberg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skara Sommarland and Axevalla House.

Skara Sommarland

Theme park

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Skara Sommarland is a summer park located 8 km east of Skara. It was founded in 1984 by Swedish entrepreneur Bert Karlsson. The park attracts 350,000 visitors annually. During the 1980s, it once attracted circa 800 000 people within one year.

Axevalla House

Archaeological site

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Axevalla House is the ruins of a medieval castle in the parish of Skärv in the municipality of Skara, Västergötland, Sweden. It is located on a headland by Lake Husesjön, east of the heathland of Axevalla Hed and halfway between the cities Skara and Skövde.

Axevalla folkhögskola

College

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Axevalla folkhögskola is a college.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Axvall and Varnhem.

Axvall

Village

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Axvall is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,186 inhabitants in 2010.

Varnhem

Village

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Varnhem is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 707 inhabitants in 2010. Varnhem is the location of the oldest known stone church in Sweden outside of Scania, erected in the 1040s at the latest.