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Santaworld
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Santaworld
Location Gesunda Mountain, Sweden
Coordinates 60°52′46″N14°31′04″E / 60.8794°N 14.5178°E / 60.8794; 14.5178
StatusOperating
Opened8 December 1984 (1984-12-08)
Website www.tomteland.se OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Santaworld (Swedish : Tomteland) is a Santa Claus-based theme park on the Gesunda Mountain south of Mora, Sweden. It was opened on 8 December 1984. [1]

It featured prominently in the music video to Shakin' Stevens's 1985 single "Merry Christmas Everyone". [2]

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References

  1. "Försäkrad tomtebolycka" (in Swedish). Skandia. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. "Shakin' Stevens: how we made Merry Christmas Everyone | Pop and rock | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.