Smedjebacken is a
locality
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and the seat of
Smedjebacken Municipality
Smedjebacken Municipality (''Smedjebackens kommun'') is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Smedjebacken.
The present municipality was formed in two steps during the last nationwide local govern ...
,
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 ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010.
Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake
Barken, with an area of , which in turn belongs to the
Kolbäcksån
Kolbäcksån is a river located in Bergslagen in the middle of Sweden. It is about 180 kilometres long, arises in the province Dalarna and flows through the province of Västmanland into the Mälaren. The river drains an area of approximately 3,10 ...
stream
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-system, which drains into lake
Mälaren
Mälaren ( , , or ), historically referred to as Lake Malar in English, is the third-largest freshwater lake in Sweden (after Vänern and Vättern). Its area is 1,140 km2 and its greatest depth is 64 m. Mälaren spans 120 kilometers from e ...
to the south-east.
Notable people
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Nils Ekholm
Nils Gustaf Ekholm (9 October 1848 – 5 April 1923) was a Swedish meteorologist who led a Swedish geophysical expedition to Spitsbergen in 1882–1883. Biography
Ekholm was born in Smedjebacken in Dalarna, son of a pharmacist. Having completed hi ...
, Swedish meteorologist, physicist and explorer
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Hans Heyerdahl
Hans Olaf Halvor Heyerdahl (8 July 1857 – 10 October 1913) was a Norwegian Realist painter. His work was characterized by naturalism and focused largely on portraits and landscape paintings.
Biography
Heyerdahl was born in Smedjebacken, Swede ...
, Norwegian painter
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Karl Edvard Laman
Karl Edvard Laman (born Karl Edvard Ersson) (1867–1944) was a Swedish missionary and ethnographer active in Kingdom of Kongo during the period of 1891 through 1919. Laman and his wife collected a large group of ethnographic materials and this ...
, Swedish missionary and ethnographer
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Smedjebacken:
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Smedjebackens FK
Smedjebackens FK is a Swedish football club located in Smedjebacken.
Background
Smedjebackens FK currently plays in Division 4 Dalarna which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Herosvallen in Smedjebacken.
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File:Smedjebackens järnvägsstation.jpg, Smedjebacken railway station
File:Smedjebackenblacksmith07030002.png, Sculpture by
See also
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Furbo, Smedjebacken
Furbo is a village and area near
Smedjebacken in Dalarna, Sweden, including Furbo Lake. The village is surrounded by Scots pine forests. The village dates to the Iron Age. Hunting, gathering and fishing are very popular. The economy revolves arou ...
References
External links
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Populated places in Dalarna County
Populated places in Smedjebacken Municipality
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