thumb|A [[passage grave in Luttra in Falbygden, Sweden]]
Falbygden is a geographical area, centered at the town of Falköping in Västergötland,
in southwestern Sweden, and covered mostly by farmland. Most of the area belongs to Falköping Municipality and the west part of Tidaholm Municipality. In medieval times the area belonged to the hundreds Frökind, Gudhem, Vartofta, and Vilske. It is known for its geology, flora and megalithic culture.
Neolithic period in Falbygden
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File:Ekornavallen (Raä-nr Hornborga 31-1) gånggriften Girommen 3601.jpg|The Neolithic passage grave Girommen at Ekornavallen, Hornborga parish, Falbygden
File:Varkumla15 ganggrift fr SV 2011-07-20.jpg|A passage grave in Vårkumla parish
File:Kyrkerör (Raä-nr Falköping 28-1) gånggrift 4440.jpg|The passage grave Kyrkerör in Falköping
File:Gånggriften Hjelmarsrör (RAÄ-nr Falköping 3-1) Utgrävning Ö schaktet 1994-05-XX Bild32.jpg|1994 archaeological excavation of the passage grave Hjälmarsrör
File:Tunnackig yxa fr Segerstads socken 2M16-674-1 utställd 1349.jpg|Neolithic thin-butted flint axe, 45.8 cm long, from Segerstad
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Iron Age
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File:Gerumsmanteln kopia.jpg|Replica of the Pre Roman Iron Age Gerum Cape found in a bog on the table mountain Gerumsberget, Falbygden
File:Viking gold necklace.jpg|Migration Period golden collar from the slopes of the table mountain Ålleberg
File:Reliefspänne (Raä-nr Trävattna 31-1) 8839.jpg|A Migration Period fibula from Trävattna, western part of Falbygden
File:Munbleck (svärdsskida) Finnestorp Västergötland Sweden.JPG|Golden throat of a Migration Period scabbard from Finnestorp on the western border of Falbygden
File:Västergötlands största järnåldersgravfält, beläget i Dimbo i Tidaholms kommun, den 25 aug 2006, bild 1.JPG|The Dimbo gravefield is the largest Iron Age necropolis in Västergötland.
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Medieval Falbygden
The Falbygden area has many medieval churches, since almost every parish in the area had a Romanesque church built in the late 11th, 12th, or early 13th century.
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File:Agnestads kyrkoruin utanför Falköping.jpg|Ruin of the Romanesque rotunda, Agnestad church, just outside Falköping, Falbygden
File:Gökhems kyrka Exterior 2010-04-15 Bild 4.jpg|Gökhem Church is a Romanesque church with apse, dated to 1077.
File:Suntaks gamla kyrka 01.jpg|Suntak old church, another Romanesque church in Falbygden
File:Marka kyrka romanskt fönster 2449.jpg|Romanesque church window in Marka church
File:Kinnevedskistan.jpg|Romanesque tomb at the medieval church of Kinneved
File:Kinneveds kyrka Liljesten-stavkorshäll 2010-04-22.jpg|Romanesque grave slab from Kvinnevad church
File:Liljesten fr Suntaks gamla kyrka i Västergötland (Ljungström, Wartofta härad (1877) s164).jpg|Drawing of Romanesque grave slab from Suntak old church
File:Gudhems klosterruin 2516.jpg|Ruins of Gudhem Abbey
File:Kungslenakyrka i sin prakt, den 23 aug 2006.JPG|Kungslena church
File:Gökhems kyrka Takmålningar 2010-04-15 bild 7.JPG|Late medieval ceiling paintings from Gökhem Church
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Museums in Falbygden
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File:Åsle Tå.jpg|Åsle Tå, Falbygden
File:Alphems arboretum utanför Floby 2651.jpg|Alphems Arboretum, a garden near Floby in the western part of Falbygden
File:CIMG9492 Falbygden1 korr01.jpg|First issue of Falbygden, a periodical for local history, 1927
File:Falbygdens museum exterior 4477.jpg|Falbygden Museum in Falköping
File:Ekehagens forntidsby Bronsåldershuset 5078.jpg|Reconstructed Bronze Age houses at the Ekehagen prehistoric village in the southern part of Falbygden
File:Dalenmuseet.jpg|Dalén Museum in Stenstorp
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General sources
- Falbygdens Hembygds- och Fornminnesförening, Falbygden (1927-) periodical.
- Falbygdens museum, Forntid på Falbygden (1995).
- Falbygdens museum, se spåren på Falbygden - ....och tusen år till - fortsätter i landskapet (2000).