Klippan (literally ''the Cliff'', old da, Klippen) is a

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and the seat of

Klippan Municipality Klippan Municipality ( sv, Klippans kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan. The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the market town Klippan (itself insti ...

Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronobe ...

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with 8,116 inhabitants in 2010. The famous liberal economist

Bertil Ohlin Bertil Gotthard Ohlin () (23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal ...

was a native of Klippan. On September 1995, a young man named Gerard Gbeyo had been murdered by 2 Nazi sympathizers. https://bra.se/download/18.cba82f7130f475a2f1800028346/1371914734873/2000_manifestations_of_racism.pdf

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Klippan: * Klippans FF

References

Populated places in Klippan Municipality Populated places in Skåne County Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats {{Skåne-geo-stub