Coordinates: 65°17′04″N 20°04′37″E / 65.28444°N 20.07694°E / 65.28444; 20.07694

Snorum

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An old road sign, showing the way to abandoned village of Snorum, Jörn, Skellefteå, north Sweden

Snorum is a village, nowadays more like a farm, in Jörns socken, Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden.

The village got its name in the 19th century when a geographical surveyor played with the childish rhyme Snipp, snapp, snorum, hej basalorum and named five new populated places in the Jörn Parish each after a word in the rhyme. Snipp, Snapp, Hej and Basalorum are four other villages in the vicinity.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Karl Fahlgren: Skellefte sockens historia (1953), p. 80. Printed at Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri AB

65°17′04″N 20°04′37″E / 65.28444°N 20.07694°E / 65.28444; 20.07694

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