Hosjö () is a

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and

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Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabita ...

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. Hosjö forms the most eastern part of the city and consists mostly of houses, with some apartments. In Hosjö, there is a grocery store, news agency, school, preschools, petrol station, pizzeria, some sporting facilities and industries (2005). The parish has previously broken away from the old ''Vika Parish'' and houses roughly 3000 residents (2005). Hosjö Church (previously, ''Hosjö Chapel'') is a

Falu red Falu red or falun red ( ; sv, falu rödfärg, ) is a permeable red paint commonly used on wooden cottages and barns in Sweden, Finland, and Norway. History Following hundreds of years of mining in Falun, large piles of residual product wer ...

, wooden church that was completed in 1663, thanks to voluntary work and donations from residents in Hosjö. Hosjö is primarily a place where people live, so travel to other Falu suburbs and central Falun is common. The suburb is positioned between two lakes, Hosjön and

Runn Runn, is a lake in Dalarna in central Sweden, between the cities of Falun and Borlänge. Runn has many islands and is popular for recreational boating in the summer. In winter, Runn is popular for Tour skating and over 30 km of skating tr ...

, and can also be subdivided into different areas, such as Hosjöstrand, Backberget, Central Hosjö, Uddnas, Karlslund, Skutudden, and Hosjöholmen.

School

Hosjö

School A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

( sv, Hosjöskolan) is a municipal lower and middle elementary school (grades 1–6). The youth of the suburb attend the upper elementary school (grades 7–9) at Hälsinggården School (Swedish: ''Hälsinggårdsskolan'') in Hälsinggården.

Etymology

''Ho'', in the name ''Hosjö'', is Swedish for ''sink'' or ''trough''. The word ''sjö'' simply means ''lake'' in Swedish.

References

*''Directly translated from Swedish language Wikipedia'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hosjo, Falun Populated places in Dalarna County