Hede is a
locality
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situated in
Härjedalen Municipality
Härjedalen Municipality (, , no, Herjedalen kommune) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sveg.
The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen.
The ...
,
Jämtland County
Jämtland County ( sv, Jämtlands län, ) is a county or '' län'' in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small uninhabited strips of ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
with 741 inhabitants in 2010. The river
Ljusnan
Ljusnan (from Old Norse: ''Lusn'' — light) is a river in Sweden, which is 440 kilometers long. The river starts in northwestern Härjedalen and then continues throughout the province into Hälsingland all the way to the Bothnian Sea. The bigg ...
runs through the village. The forest around Hede have supported a number of sawmills and paper mills.
Sonfjället National Park and the
Vemdalen
Vemdalen () is a village situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 542 inhabitants in 2010.
Vemdalen has been developed as a skiing center. There are three popular ski resorts close to the Vemdalen; Vemdalsskalet, Klövsj ...
ski resort are located a short distance from the village.
![Hedeka2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Hedeka2.jpg)
Hede is the site of Hede Church (''Hede kyrka'') and the parish of Hede in
Diocese of Härnösand
The Diocese of Härnösand ( sv, Härnösands stift) is a division in the Church of Sweden in Västernorrland County. The Cathedral is located at Trädgårdsgatan in Härnösand.
History
The diocese was established in 1647. In 1904, the diocese o ...
. The first wooden church was built in 1613.
The present stone church was built in neo-Gothic style in 1890. The church has whitewashed walls and is covered by manor roofing that is clad with wood shavings. South of the church is a freestanding, wooden onion dome bell tower built in 1751. The altarpiece was painted by Pehr Sundin (1760–1827). The pulpit was carved by Jöns Ljungberg (1736–1818).
References
Populated places in Härjedalen Municipality
Härjedalen
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