Editing Skævinge (section)

==History==
[[Image:Skævinge Sogn 1889.jpg|thumb|left|Map of the parish of Skævinge in 1889]]
The name is first documented in 1211–1214 as ''Skeping''. The first part of the name may be derived from Old Danish ''skap '', meaning "something excavated'. The suffix -inge is frequently seen in Danish toponyms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Sj%C3%A6lland/Sk%C3%A6vinge/|title=Skævinge|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=25 July 2015 |language=da}}</ref>

Skævinge was a village of considerable size in the Middle Ages but later shrunk and the parishes of Skævinge and Gørløse were therefore merged. The civil parish of Skævinge-Gørlse was formed in the 1840s.  The opening of the [[Hillerød-Frederiksværk Railway]] in 1897 brought new development to the town and by the 1940s Skævinge was by far the largest village in the area between Hillerød, [[Frederiksværk]] and [[Frederikssund]].<ref name=SL>{{cite web|url=http://www.skaevinge.dk/side.asp?Id=30260|title=Skævinges historie — kort fortalt|publisher=Skævinges Lokalråd|access-date=25 July 2015|language=da}}</ref>

The [[1970 Danish Municipal Reform]] merged Skævinge-Gørløse with the civil parishes of Strø and Store Lyngby under the new Skævinge Municipality. It was incorporated in Gillerød Municipality in 2007.<ref name=SL/>