Rättvik is a
locality on the eastern shore of the lake
Siljan and the seat of
Rättvik Municipality,
Dalarna County
Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
, with 4,686 inhabitants in 2010.
Its
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, 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 playin ...
club
IFK Rättvik has reached the highest division
Elitserien and has built an indoor arena.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120301105209/http://www.ifkrattvikbandy.se/2009-2010/forsta/start.html] The local
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...
team,
Rättvik Butchers has won the Swedish cup once and the Swedish championship twice.
File:Joseph van Lerius, 1862 - Jeune fille de la paroisse de Rattvik dans Dalarne, Suède.jpg, Girl in Rättvik folk costume, 1862, by Joseph van Lerius
File:Rattvik_kyrka.jpg, Rättvik Church
File:Rattvik by the lake.jpg, View of Rättvik across the lake
File:Rättvik från ovan (5).JPG, The bandy arena
Sports
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Rättvik Arena
References
Municipal seats of Dalarna County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Rättvik Municipality
Populated lakeshore places in Sweden
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