Klippan (literally ''the Cliff'') is a
locality
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and the seat of
Klippan Municipality,
Skåne County
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,
Sweden
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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-liber ...
was a native of Klippan. In September 1995, a young man named Gerard Gbeyo was reportedly murdered within the town by 2 Nazi sympathizers.
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Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Klippan:
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Klippans FF
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Klippans BK
References
Populated places in Klippan Municipality
Municipal seats of Skåne County
Swedish municipal seats
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