Öje is a village in
Malung-Sälen Municipality
Malung-Sälen Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Malung.
''Malung Municipality'' was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of "old" Malung with the adjacent entities Lima and T ...
,
Dalarna
Dalarna (; ), also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia and the Dales, is a (historical province) in central Sweden.
Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Nor ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. Its population was 162 people in 2010.
Several factories for manufacturing clothing and consumer products from leather were located in Öje in the 20th century. The leather industry declined and the manufacturers were closed in the 1970s and 1980s. A museum displaying and commemorating the leather manufacturing industry is located in one of the former factory buildings in Öje.
Öje chapel
A
chapel
A chapel (from , a diminutive of ''cappa'', meaning "little cape") is a Christianity, Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. First, smaller spaces inside a church that have their o ...
probably existed in Öje in the 16th century; it was first described in 1631. In 1655 a new chapel was built in the same location. This was completely rebuilt in 1828–1830, and further rebuilt and renovated in 1912 and in the 1980s.
References
Populated places in Malung-Sälen Municipality
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