Kusbölehelvetet is a canyon near Gräftåvallen in Berg Municipality,

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, through which runs Helvetesbäcken (Hell creek), home to

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. A scenic tourist spot, the canyon is some 20 meters deep, runs some two kilometers long, and is graced with one of Sweden's most unpleasant

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s. ''Kusbölehelvetet'' is an old name, made up of three parts: ''kuse'', meaning "bear" or "strongman"; ''böle'', "settlement", and ''helvetet'',

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. However, the meanings have drifted so that in modern

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, ''kuse'' is a word for "horse", and ''böl'', from the verb ''böla'', a bellowing cry: to the modern Swedish speaker, the name (which was never very pleasant, ending in "Hell") means "The Hell of Horse Bellowing". In 1993, musician Waldemar Swiergel named a piece for

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quartet after Kusbölehelvetet.SWIERGIEL, W. (1996). Kusbölehelvetet for trombone quartet : (1993). Umeå, Blås-basen.

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