Osby () is a

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and the seat of

Osby Municipality Osby Municipality (''Osby kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby. The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former marke ...

Scania County Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...

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with 7,157 inhabitants in 2010. Swedish

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was born in Osby. The toy manufacturer

BRIO Brio (stylized BRIO) is a wooden toy company founded in Sweden. The company was founded in the small town of Boalt, Scania, Götaland in 1884 by basket maker Ivar Bengtsson. For a long time the company was based in Osby, Scania, in southern Swede ...

was based in Osby, but moved to

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in 2006. The company's toy museum, the BRIO Lekoseum, remains in Osby.

Climate

Osby has an

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that retains a four-season characteristic. It has resemblances of moderate

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, with summers sometimes being very warm and winter lows dropping below freezing with regularity for a few months. Its southerly inland position has rendered it to be one of the few locations in the country that has reached in May. In spite of this summer averages are not exceptional when compared with adjacent coastal areas.

References

External links

Osby.se
- Official website for Osby municipality Populated places in Skåne County Populated places in Osby Municipality Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats {{Skåne-geo-stub

Climate

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