Rättvik is a

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

Rättvik Municipality Rättvik Municipality (''Rättviks kommun'') is a 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, and in ...

Dalarna County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) 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 ...

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, with 4,686 inhabitants in 2010. Its

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 ...

club

IFK Rättvik Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Rättvik, commonly known as IFK Rättvik, is a sports club in Rättvik, Sweden. The club colours are white and blue, like for most Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, IFK clubs. The club was founded in 1906 and is playing ...

has reached the highest division

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

and has built an indoor aren

The local

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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 Rattvik folk costume, 1862, by Joseph van Lerius File:Rattvik_kyrka.jpg,

Rättvik Church Rättvik Church ( sv, Rättviks kyrka) is a church building in Rättvik in Sweden. It belongs to Rättvik Parish of the Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A form ...

File:Rattvik by the lake.jpg, View of Rättvik across the lake

References

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