Söderhamn is a

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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 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 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 ...

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

* Safin Taki, film producer, director and cinematographer who grew up in Söderhamn. * Jan Johansson, jazz musician and pianist who was born in Söderhamn.

Gallery

References

External links

* Municipal seats of Gävleborg County Coastal cities and towns in Sweden Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Söderhamn Municipality Hälsingland {{Gävleborg-geo-stub