Okalewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skrwilno, within Rypin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 6 km north of Skrwilno, 12 km east of Rypin, and 68 km east of Toruń.

History

In 1827, the village had a population of 341. A steam mill was built in 1869. During the German occupation of Poland (World War II), local teachers were among Polish teachers from the county deceitfully gathered at a supposed formal meeting and then massacred in Rypin in November 1939 (see Intelligenzaktion). Furthermore, a Polish teacher from Sławianowo was murdered by the occupiers in the forest of Okalewo.

Notable people