Tällberg

Tällberg
A typical house in Tällberg
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Coordinates: 60°49′N15°00′E / 60.817°N 15.000°E / 60.817; 15.000
Country	Sweden
Province	Dalarna
County	Dalarna County
Municipality	Leksand Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	3.08 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010) [1]
• Total	606
• Density	197/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Tällberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtɛ̂lːbærj] ) ^[2] is a small village located in Leksand Municipality, Dalarna County in Sweden. It is situated on the shore of Lake Siljan, in the northern part of Leksand. A special character of the village is that all houses and buildings are made of wood, such as timber or log. The village itself has about 200 permanent residents and a further 400 people have holiday cottages. There are eight hotels in the village and it has developed from a farmer's village in the beginning of 1900 to one of the most known tourist and visitor resorts in Sweden.

Notable people

• Anita Björk, actress

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.
2. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 26.