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Morgongåva is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,409 inhabitants in 2010.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Morgongåva
Settlement.pushpin_map
Sweden Uppsala#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Heby Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Uppsala County
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Uppland
Settlement.area_total_km2
1.59
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2020
Settlement.population_total
1,476
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Morgongåva
Country
Sweden
Population
1516
Area
186
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Morgongåva station 1.jpg
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Morgongåva
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Town name
  • History
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Morgongåva is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,409 inhabitants in 2010.

==Town name== The town name is the same as that of the oldest known name for a cottage (est. 1667) in the area. The cottage's name also contains the word "Morgongåva" (dower, literally "morning gift"). The reason why the cottage was called so is not entirely clear, but according to some, the name choice came about due to a love triangle. During the 17th century, the Patron of Molnebo, just outside Morgongåva, had an affair with one of his maids. She became pregnant and the Patron was afraid that his wife would find out about the relationship. He "bought" one of his farmhands who would provide for the maid and her future child. Once the maid servant and the farmhand were married, they received a cottage as a dower, or a "morning gift", hence the name. Quote from Heby Municipality: "Morgongåva is the extension of the name of a recent two-croft called so. The origin of the name is claimed to be a bride gift from a lord of the manor to one of his maids."

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morgongåva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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