Ljusdal () is a
locality and the seat of
Ljusdal Municipality
Ljusdal Municipality (''Ljusdals kommun'') is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities within Gävleborg County. Its seat is Ljusdal.
The municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the market town (''köping'') of Ljusdal (instituted in ...
,
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County ( sv, Gävleborgs län) is a county or '' län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.
Provinces
Gävleborg Cou ...
,
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 6,230 inhabitants in 2010.
Ljusdal is situated on Riksväg 83 which runs between Tönnebro in
Söderhamn Municipality in
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County ( sv, Gävleborgs län) is a county or '' län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.
Provinces
Gävleborg Cou ...
and
Ã…nge
Ånge is a locality and the seat of Ånge Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 2,872 inhabitants in 2010.
Ã…nge is a railway junction where the northern main line railway (''Norra Stambanan'') connects with the central main line rai ...
in
Västernorrland County. It is located beside 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 ...
which goes from
Bruksvallarna to the
Gulf of Bothnia
The Gulf of Bothnia (; fi, Pohjanlahti; sv, Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast ( East Bothnia) and the Sweden's east coast (West ...
.
Ljusdal is noted for having hosted the annual
Bandy World Cup in the sport of
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
from 1974 to 2008.
Three
Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
The Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland ( sv, Världsarvet Hälsingegårdar) is a World Heritage Site inscribed 1 July 2012 as Sweden's fifteenth entry on the list. Seven farmhouses erected in the 19th century were eventually selected to represen ...
situated in Ljusdal Municipality were inscribed in 2012 on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Ljusdal:
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Ljusdals IF
Ljusdals IF is a sports club in Ljusdal, Sweden, currently only playing soccer.
History
The club was founded on 9 June 1904 and originally competed in soccer, track and field athletics, gymnastics and cross-country skiing. The club has also c ...
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Ljusdals bandyklubb
* Ljusdals ridklubb
* Ljusdals judoklubb
* Ljusdals karateklubb
Gallery
Ljusdals järnvägshotell.jpg, Ljusdal Railway Hotel
Ljusdals kyrka-view.jpg, Ljusdal Church
Ljusdals station December 2017 01.jpg, Ljusdal Railway Station
TH- Härnösand .jpg, Bandy at Ljusdals IP
See also
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Ljusdal Municipality
Ljusdal Municipality (''Ljusdals kommun'') is one of Sweden's 290 municipalities within Gävleborg County. Its seat is Ljusdal.
The municipality was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the market town (''köping'') of Ljusdal (instituted in ...
References
Populated places in Ljusdal Municipality
Hälsingland
Municipal seats of Gävleborg County
Swedish municipal seats
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