Smedjebacken is a locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Smedjebacken | |
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 Smedjebacken Church Street in July 2009 | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Smedjebacken  Smedjebacken | |
| Coordinates: 60°08′N 15°25′E / 60.133°N 15.417°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Dalarna |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Municipality | Smedjebacken Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.36 km2 (2.46 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 5,100 |
| • Density | 802/km2 (2,080/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake Barken, with an area of 34 km2 (13 sq mi), which in turn belongs to the Kolbäcksån stream-system, which drains into lake Mälaren to the south-east.
Notable people
edit- Nils Ekholm, Swedish meteorologist, physicist and explorer
- Hans Heyerdahl, Norwegian painter
- Maria Keohane, Swedish soprano
- Karl Edvard Laman, Swedish missionary and ethnographer
Sports
editThe following sports clubs are located in Smedjebacken:
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Smedjebacken railway station
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Sculpture by Sven-Göran Niklasson
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
External links
edit- Media related to Smedjebacken at Wikimedia Commons
