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Blåvik

Coordinates: 58°03′36″N 15°03′44″E / 58.06°N 15.062222°E / 58.06; 15.062222
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Blåvik
Blåvik church
Blåvik church
Blåvik is located in Östergötland
Blåvik
Blåvik
Blåvik is located in Sweden
Blåvik
Blåvik
Coordinates: 58°03′36″N 15°03′44″E / 58.06°N 15.062222°E / 58.06; 15.062222
CountrySweden
CountyÖstergötland
MunicipalityBoxholm
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Blåvik is a village in Boxholm Municipality, Östergötland County. It lies in the traditional province of Östergötland at the northern shores of Lake Sommen. According to Svenskt ortnamnslexikon the name of the locality is first attested in 1307 as Blawijk, meaning not the ordinary blue color but "dark blue" and "dark". This is likely a reference to color of the lake embayment at place.[1]

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  1. ^ Wahlberg, Mats (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet. pp. 38–39. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 7, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2019.