Smedjebacken

Smedjebacken
Smedjebacken Church Street in July 2009
Coat of arms
Smedjebacken Show map of Dalarna Smedjebacken Show map of Sweden
Coordinates: 60°08′N15°25′E / 60.133°N 15.417°E / 60.133; 15.417
Country	Sweden
Province	Dalarna
County	Dalarna County
Municipality	Smedjebacken Municipality
Area [1]
• 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)

Smedjebacken is a locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010. ^[1]

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

• Nils Ekholm, Swedish meteorologist, physicist and explorer
• Hans Heyerdahl, Norwegian painter
• Maria Keohane, Swedish soprano
• Mia Brunell, Swedish businesswoman
• Karl Edvard Laman, Swedish missionary and ethnographer

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Smedjebacken:

• Smedjebackens FK

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  Smedjebacken railway station
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  Sculpture by Sven-Göran Niklasson  [ sv ]

See also

• Furbo, Smedjebacken

References

1. "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

• Media related to Smedjebacken at Wikimedia Commons