Rättvik is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

on the eastern shore of the lake Siljan and the seat of

Rättvik Municipality Rättvik Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Rättvik. In 1963 the municipality was reunited with ''Boda'', which had been detached from it in 1875, a ...

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 Rättvik Church () is a church (building), church building in Rättvik in Sweden. It belongs to Rättvik Parish of the Church of Sweden. References External links

Churches in the Diocese of Västerås, Rattvik Church Churches in Dalar ...

File:Rattvik by the lake.jpg, View of Rättvik across the lake File:Rättvik från ovan (5).JPG, The bandy arena

Sports

Rättvik Arena Rättvik Arena is an indoor bandy venue and event arena for music and culture in Rättvik, Dalarna County, Sweden, which officially opened on 13 June 2010 with performances by music artists like Kalle Moraeus and Ola Svensson Ola Nils Håkan ...

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Municipal seats of Dalarna County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Rättvik Municipality Populated lakeshore places in Sweden {{Dalarna-geo-stub fi:Rättvikin kunta