Hej

A place name sign in Hej.

Hej is a village in Jörns socken in the north-west part of Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden.

The Swedish word Hej is the equivalent of 'hi' in English. The village got its name in the 19th century when a surveyor played with the childish rhyme Snipp, snapp, snorum, hej basalorum. Snipp, Snapp, Snorum and Basalorum are four other villages in the vicinity.[1]

Hej has a flea market and barn dance.

References

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

Coordinates: 65°20′40″N 20°01′07″E / 65.34444°N 20.01861°E / 65.34444; 20.01861

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