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href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%B5" title="Νάρκε – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νάρκε" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nericia" title="Nericia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Nericia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%87" title="نرکه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نرکه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%84%A4%EB%A5%B4%EC%BC%80" title="네르케 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="네르케" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%A5%D6%80%D6%84%D5%A5" title="Ներքե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ներքե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A6r%C3%ADki" title="Næríki – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Næríki" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nericia" title="Nericia – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Nericia" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke_tartom%C3%A1ny" title="Närke tartomány – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Närke tartomány" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="ნერკეშ პროვინცია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ნერკეშ პროვინცია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Närke" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9" title="ネルケ地方 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ネルケ地方" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A4rke" title="Närke – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" 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For the electric ray, see <a href="/wiki/Narke_(fish)" title="Narke (fish)">Narke (fish)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Historical province of Sweden</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Historical province in Svealand, Sweden</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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class="infobox-label">Counties</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_County" title="Örebro County">Örebro County</a><br /><a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4stmanland_County" title="Västmanland County">Västmanland County</a><br /><a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6dermanland_County" title="Södermanland County">Södermanland County</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,122 km<sup>2</sup> (1,592 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(31 December 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-population_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">223,548</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">54/km<sup>2</sup> (140/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Culture<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Primula_veris" title="Primula veris">Cowslip</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Animal</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hazel_dormouse" title="Hazel 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href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Närke</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Swedish pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sv-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Swedish" title="Help:IPA/Swedish">[ˈnæ̌rːkɛ]</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" 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href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sweden" title="Provinces of Sweden">Swedish traditional province</a>, or <i>landskap</i>, situated in <a href="/wiki/Svealand" title="Svealand">Svealand</a> in south central <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>. It is bordered by <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4stmanland" title="Västmanland">Västmanland</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6dermanland" title="Södermanland">Södermanland</a> to the east, <a href="/wiki/%C3%96sterg%C3%B6tland" title="Östergötland">Östergötland</a> to the southeast, <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4sterg%C3%B6tland" title="Västergötland">Västergötland</a> to the southwest, and <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4rmland" title="Värmland">Värmland</a> to the northwest. Närke has a surface area of 4,126 km² and a total population of 208,376.<sup id="cite_ref-population_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name of the province (Neeric 1165-81) comes from an old word <i>när</i> (narrow) which refers to the narrow <a href="/wiki/Ridge" title="Ridge">ridge</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a> of Norrbyås (Nerboahs 1275) is situated. What the rest of the name means is not clear.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In English sometimes also Nerike (an archaic spelling of the province) and Nericia (the Latin name) are used for the province. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Riseberga_Monastery_Ruin.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Riseberga_Monastery_Ruin.JPG/220px-Riseberga_Monastery_Ruin.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Riseberga_Monastery_Ruin.JPG/330px-Riseberga_Monastery_Ruin.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Riseberga_Monastery_Ruin.JPG/440px-Riseberga_Monastery_Ruin.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Riseberga_Abbey" title="Riseberga Abbey">Riseberga Abbey</a> Ruin in Lekeberg</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bl%C3%A4nkabacken_i_N%C3%A4rke.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bl%C3%A4nkabacken_i_N%C3%A4rke.JPG/220px-Bl%C3%A4nkabacken_i_N%C3%A4rke.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bl%C3%A4nkabacken_i_N%C3%A4rke.JPG/330px-Bl%C3%A4nkabacken_i_N%C3%A4rke.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bl%C3%A4nkabacken_i_N%C3%A4rke.JPG/440px-Bl%C3%A4nkabacken_i_N%C3%A4rke.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>View over the surroundings of Örebro, Närke</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The traditional <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sweden" title="Provinces of Sweden">provinces of Sweden</a> serve no administrative or political purposes, but are historical and cultural entities. In the case of Närke, the province makes up the southern part of <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_County" title="Örebro County">Örebro County</a>. </p><p>The following municipalities have their seats in Närke: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Askersund_Municipality" title="Askersund Municipality">Askersund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hallsberg_Municipality" title="Hallsberg Municipality">Hallsberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumla_Municipality" title="Kumla Municipality">Kumla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lax%C3%A5_Municipality" title="Laxå Municipality">Laxå</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lekeberg_Municipality" title="Lekeberg Municipality">Lekeberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_Municipality" title="Örebro Municipality">Örebro</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Heraldry">Heraldry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Arms granted in 1560, and revised a decade or so later with the current one. The arms is represented with a ducal <a href="/wiki/Coronet" title="Coronet">coronet</a>. At the centre there are two <a href="/wiki/Crossbow" title="Crossbow">crossbow</a> bolts was - the crossbow being the favourite weapon of the peasants. Blazon: "Gules between four Roses Argent two Arrows in saltire Or points upward pointed Argent." The Närke arms is one of the components of the coat of arms for Örebro County, granted in 1944. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Highest mountain: <a href="/wiki/Kilsbergen" title="Kilsbergen">Kilsbergen</a></li> <li>Largest lake: <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4ttern" title="Vättern">Vättern</a></li> <li>National parks: <a href="/wiki/Garphyttan" title="Garphyttan">Garphyttan</a></li></ul> <p>The oldest city in Närke was <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro" title="Örebro">Örebro</a>, receiving its privileges around 1200. After that, <a href="/wiki/Askersund" title="Askersund">Askersund</a> was chartered in 1643 and <a href="/wiki/Kumla" title="Kumla">Kumla</a> in 1942. <a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="City status in Sweden">City status in Sweden</a> was discontinued as of 1971, so these are historical titles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prehistory">Prehistory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Prehistory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Norse mythology mentions three kings of Närke, <a href="/wiki/Nidud" class="mw-redirect" title="Nidud">Nidud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olof_the_Sharp-sighted" class="mw-redirect" title="Olof the Sharp-sighted">Olof the Sharp-sighted</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sporsnjall" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporsnjall">Sporsnjall</a>. Nidud was a villainous king in the lay of <a href="/wiki/Wayland_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayland Smith">Wayland the smith</a>, Olaf aided the Norwegian king <a href="/wiki/Vikar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vikar">Vikar</a> in battle, and Sporsnjall was burnt to death by <a href="/wiki/Ingjald" title="Ingjald">Ingjald</a> Ill-ruler together with five other petty kings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="History_2">History</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The exiled Norwegian King <a href="/wiki/Olaf_the_Holy" class="mw-redirect" title="Olaf the Holy">Olaf the Holy</a> stayed in Närke for some time, 1028–1029, with Sigtrygg, before departing for <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Kievan Rus'</a> and its ruler <a href="/wiki/Yaroslav_I_the_Wise" class="mw-redirect" title="Yaroslav I the Wise">Yaroslav I the Wise</a>. Olaf may have initiated the Christianization of the province (see also <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_N%C3%A4rke" title="Culture of Närke">Culture of Närke</a>).</li> <li>In the year 1170, Närke was incorporated into the diocese of <a href="/wiki/Str%C3%A4ngn%C3%A4s" title="Strängnäs">Strängnäs</a>.</li> <li>In around 1200 A.D., the <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_Castle" title="Örebro Castle">Castle</a> of <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro" title="Örebro">Örebro</a> was built to protect the bridge crossing the ford (<i>öre</i> means "sand bank" and <i>bro</i> means "bridge"), as well as the borough on the south side of the bridge. It was to withstand many sieges, and acquired a reputation for being impregnable.</li> <li>In 1316 the future <a href="/wiki/Saint_Birgitta" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Birgitta">Saint Birgitta</a> of Sweden, known outside of Sweden as <i>Princess of Nericia</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was married to Ulf Gudmarson, Lord of Närke, to whom she bore eight children, one of whom was <a href="/wiki/St_Catherine_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="St Catherine of Sweden">St Catherine of Sweden</a>.</li> <li>In 1435, <a href="/wiki/Engelbrekt_Engelbrektsson" title="Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson">Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson</a>, the leader of a popular uprising against the German sheriffs, was given the castle of Örebro as a fief. In the following year he was assassinated.</li> <li>From 1525 to 1554, it was a fiefdom belonging to Lars Siggesson Sparre. Later in belonged to <a href="/wiki/Charles_IX_of_Sweden" title="Charles IX of Sweden">Duke Charles</a> from 1560 to 1598 and to his son Duke Charles Philip from 1611 to 1622.</li> <li>During the 16th and 17th centuries the territory was under a number of fiefs where iron bars were manufactured. As the farming activities gave very little, the iron manufacturing became even more attractive to the farmers, as well as trade with oxen. The oxen were sold in <a href="/wiki/Bergslagen" title="Bergslagen">Bergslagen</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Dalarna" title="Dalarna">Dalarna</a>, where the skin of the oxen were important items in the mines.</li> <li>In 1653, it was the scene of the <a href="/wiki/Morning_Star_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="Morning Star Rebellion">Morning Star Rebellion</a>.</li> <li>The surplus of oxen was also one of the reasons why the shoe-making business took shape and became a most important industry in Närke up until the middle of the 20th century.</li></ul> <p>Närke was renowned for its warlike peasants and when <a href="/w/index.php?title=Heraldry_of_N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heraldry of Närke (page does not exist)">coat-of-arms for the province</a> was granted for the funeral of King <a href="/wiki/Gustav_I_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustav I of Sweden">Gustav Vasa</a> in 1560 two crossbow darts was the central symbol, the crossbow being the favourite weapon of the peasants. </p><p>In Närke there are also a number of ancient castles. The most important and best preserved one is located in Tarsta at Sköllersta. </p><p>In the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as nominally in more recent times, the title of <a href="/wiki/Duchies_in_Sweden#Närke_also_known_as_Nericia" title="Duchies in Sweden">Duke of Närke</a> has been in use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_N%C3%A4rke" title="Culture of Närke">Culture of Närke</a></div> <p>The province of Närke has 5,200 ancient remains. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_subdivisions">Historical subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Historical subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The old subdivisions of provinces were the <a href="/wiki/Hundreds_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Hundreds of Sweden">Hundreds of Sweden</a>. In Närke, the hundreds were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asker_Hundred" title="Asker Hundred">Asker Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edsberg_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Edsberg Hundred">Edsberg Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glanshammar_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Glanshammar Hundred">Glanshammar Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grimsten_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Grimsten Hundred">Grimsten Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardemo_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Hardemo Hundred">Hardemo Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumla_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumla Hundred">Kumla Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nora_and_Hjulsj%C3%B6_Mountain_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Nora and Hjulsjö Mountain District">Noraskoga Mountain District</a> (transferred to <a href="/wiki/V%C3%A4stmanland" title="Västmanland">Västmanland</a> in 1617)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skyllersta_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Skyllersta Hundred">Skyllersta Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundbo_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Sundbo Hundred">Sundbo Hundred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_Hundred" class="mw-redirect" title="Örebro Hundred">Örebro Hundred</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Football in the province is administered by <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_L%C3%A4ns_Fotbollf%C3%B6rbund" title="Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund">Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund</a>. Ice hockey is also popular, with <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_HK" title="Örebro HK">Örebro HK</a>, and bandy with <a href="/wiki/%C3%96rebro_SK_Bandy" title="Örebro SK Bandy">Örebro SK</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A4rke&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-population-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-population_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-population_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/sv/ssd/START__BE__BE0101__BE0101A/FolkmangdDistrikt/table/tableViewLayout1/">"Folkmängd 31 december; ålder"</a>. <i>Statistikdatabasen</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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