Flen (local pronunciation ''Flén'') is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

and the seat of Flen Municipality,

Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is th ...

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with 6,229 inhabitants in 2010. Flen evolved as a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a p ...

junction and got the title of a

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in 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of the much larger Flen Municipality. Other things which made Flen famous is " Violen från Flen", a song written by

Ulf Peder Olrog Ulf Peder Olrog (27 February 1919 – 13 February 1972) was a Swedish folklorist, lecturer, composer, songwriter, and radio personality. He was born in Stockholm to Thorvald Olrog and Hervor Jeanna Amalia Andrén. He studied at the Universi ...

in the 1940s. The town also plays an important role in "

Du ringde från Flen Du ringde från Flen is a song written by Ulf Nordquist, and originally recorded by Grönwalls on the debut album '' Du har det där'' in 1992. Ending up third in the 1992 edition of the music competition " Höstens melodier", it is one of Grö ...

", 1992

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song by

Grönwalls Grönwalls is a dansband from Hässleholm in Sweden. The band won the Swedish dansband championships in Sunne in August 1992. Famous hit songs include ''Du ringde från Flen'' from 1993 and ''Ett liv tillsammans'', written by Calle Kindbom and ...

. The town is also mentioned in the

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songs "Flen/Paris" on the 2005 EP ''

The hjärta & smärta EP ''The hjärta & smärta EP'' ( Swedish for ''The Heart & Pain EP'') is an EP by Swedish rock band Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and ...

'' and "Ensam lång väg hem" on the 2010 album '' En plats i solen''. Flen is also famous for having the world's northernmost

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, in Blacksta.

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This list charts the urban area of Flen itself rather than the namesake municipality of which Flen is the seat.

References

Populated places in Södermanland County Populated places in Flen Municipality Municipal seats of Södermanland County Swedish municipal seats {{Södermanland-geo-stub

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References

Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...
elections