Norsjö ()
is a
locality
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and the seat of
Norsjö Municipality
Norsjö Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Norsjö.
In 1974 Norsjö and Malå municipalities were amalgamated, forming the new Norsjö Municipality. In 1983 Malå Municipality w ...
in
Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bot ...
,
Sweden
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, with 2,051 inhabitants in 2010.
It is the birthplace of writer
Torgny Lindgren
Gustav Torgny Lindgren (16 June 1938 – 16 March 2017) was a Swedish writer.
Lindgren was the son of Andreas Lindgren and Helga Björk. He studied in Umeå to become a teacher and worked as a teacher until the middle of the 1970s. For several y ...
, singer-actor-musician
Tommy Körberg, and American author
Charlotte Agell, who currently resides in
Maine
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, United States.
Norsjö also plays a part in the
Stieg Larsson
Karl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (, ; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish writer, journalist, and activist. He is best known for writing the ''Millennium'' trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously, starting in 2 ...
novel
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''
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo''.
References
Norsjo
Populated places in Västerbotten County
Populated places in Norsjö Municipality
Municipal seats of Västerbotten County
Swedish municipal seats
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