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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Etelhem
|native_name            = Aitlaim {{small|([[Gutnish language|Gutnish]])}}
|image_skyline          = Etelhems krukmakeri b (2).jpg
|image_caption          = Etelhem pottery
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Gotland
|pushpin_label_position =
|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Sweden]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Gotland Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Gotland County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Gotland]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref>{{cite book|editor=Carlquist, Gunnar|title=Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2nd|chapter=Etelhems socken  |language=sv|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 46.61
|population_as_of       = 2014
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=numbers>{{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror 2015|trans-title=Gotland in numbers 2015|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=[[Gotland Municipality]]|access-date=8 July 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|population_total       = 289
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|57|20|14|N|18|29|45|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                =
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'''Etelhem''' is a populated area, a [[socken]] (not to be confused with [[Parishes of the Church of Sweden|parish]]), on the Swedish island of [[Gotland]].<ref>The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on ''Kartinställningar'' and check the ''Socken'' box in the menu of [http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?parish=913&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the [[Swedish National Heritage Board]] database.</ref> It comprises the same area as the [[Registration districts in Sweden|administrative]] Etelhem District, established on 1{{nbsp}}January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Förordning om district|trans-title=Regulation of districts|url=http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|date=17 June 2015|publisher=[[Ministry of Finance (Sweden)|Ministry of Finance]]|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref>
== Geography ==
Etelhem is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[Etelhem Church]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lagerlöf|first1=Erland|last2= Svahnström|first2=Gunnar|title=Gotlands kyrkor|trans-title=Gotland's Churches|language=sv|id={{LIBRIS|7232718}}|date=1973|publisher=[[Rabén & Sjögren]]|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-29-41035-5|pages=119–120}}</ref> sometimes referred to as ''Etelhems kyrkby''. It is situated in the central part of Gotland.<ref name=ne>{{cite web|title=Etelhem|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/etelhem|website=www.ne.se|publisher=[[Nationalencyklopedin]]|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref>
{{As of|2019}}, Etelhem Church belongs to Garde [[Parishes of the Church of Sweden|parish]], along with the churches in [[Garde, Gotland|Garde]], [[Alskog]], [[Lye, Gotland|Lye]] and [[Ardre, Gotland|Ardre]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=[[Church of Sweden]] |access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Visby stifts indelning 2018 |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=1714164 |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=[[Church of Sweden]] |access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref>
== History ==
Founded and built in 1889, the pottery in Etelhem is the oldest pottery still in use on Gotland. On 31{{nbsp}}August 2001, it was designated as a [[listed building]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Etelhems krukmakeri|url=http://www.kringla.nu/kringla/objekt?referens=raa/bbr/21300000014583|website=www.kringla.nu|publisher=[[Swedish National Heritage Board]]|access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Commons category-inline|Etelhem}}
*[http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Etelhem%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Etelhem at the Digital Museum] by [[Nordic Museum]]
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