Söderhamn is a
locality
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and the seat of
Söderhamn Municipality
Söderhamn Municipality (''Söderhamns kommun'') is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is located in Söderhamn.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former ''City of Söderhamn'' was amalgamate ...
,
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County ( sv, Gävleborgs län) is a county or '' län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.
Provinces
Gävleborg Cou ...
,
Sweden
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with 11,761 inhabitants in 2010.
Sports
The biggest local sport is
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 ...
.
Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy
Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy is a Swedish bandy club from Söderhamn who play in the Elitserien. Broberg/Söderhamn, also known as Brobergs IF, was founded on 19 April 1919. Broberg play their home matches at Hällåsen.
Broberg have won the Bandy W ...
play in 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 have become
Swedish champions five times. In October 2017 the indoor venue
Helsingehus Arena was inaugurated. The coach of the national bandy team and members of the
Federation of International Bandy
The Federation of International Bandy (FIB; french: Fédération internationale de bandy, russian: Международная федерация хоккея с мячом, sv, Internationella Bandyförbundet) is the international governing bo ...
board, such as the current Secretary General Bo Nyman, have come from Söderhamn.
Söderhamns FF
Söderhamns FF is a Swedish association Football, football club located in Söderhamn in Gävleborg County.
Background
Söderhamns Fotbollförening were founded on 28 January 1986. The club was formed after the Söderhamns IF football section w ...
and
Stugsunds IK
Stugsunds IK is a Swedish football club located in Söderhamn.
Background
Stugsunds IK currently plays in Division 4 Hälsingland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Stuvarvallen in Söderhamn.
The cl ...
are the local football clubs.
Notable residents
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Safin Taki
Safin Taki (born November 9, 1983) is a Kurdish, Swedish producer, director and cinematographer from Sweden. Safin Taki moved to Sweden at the age of 1 with his parents Sliman Faiq Taki and Leocardia Taki and big brother Aras Taki. Safin grew up i ...
, film producer, director and cinematographer who grew up in Söderhamn.
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Jan Johansson, jazz musician and pianist who was born in Söderhamn.
Gallery
References
External links
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Municipal seats of Gävleborg County
Coastal cities and towns in Sweden
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Söderhamn Municipality
Hälsingland
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