Hede is a

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situated in

Härjedalen Municipality Härjedalen Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sveg. The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen. The municipality was created ...

Jämtland County Jämtland County (, ) is a county or '' län'' in Sweden. It consists of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small strips of Lapland and Dalarna. It borders the countie ...

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with 741 inhabitants in 2010. The river

Ljusnan Ljusnan (from Old Norse: ''Lusn'' — light) is a river in Sweden, which is 440 kilometers long. The river starts in northwestern Härjedalen and then continues throughout the province into Hälsingland all the way to the Bothnian Sea. The bigge ...

runs through the village. The forest around Hede have supported a number of sawmills and paper mills. Sonfjället National Park and the

Vemdalen Vemdalen () is a village situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norwa ...

ski resort are located a short distance from the village. Hedeka2

Hede is the site of Hede Church (''Hede kyrka'') and the parish of Hede in

Diocese of Härnösand The Diocese of Härnösand () is a division in the Church of Sweden in Västernorrland County. The Cathedral is located at Trädgårdsgatan in Härnösand. History The diocese was established in 1647. In 1904, the diocese of Luleå was formed, b ...

. The first wooden church was built in 1613. The present stone church was built in neo-Gothic style in 1890. The church has whitewashed walls and is covered by manor roofing that is clad with wood shavings. South of the church is a freestanding, wooden onion dome bell tower built in 1751. The altarpiece was painted by Pehr Sundin (1760–1827). The pulpit was carved by Jöns Ljungberg (1736–1818).

Climate

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Populated places in Härjedalen Municipality Härjedalen {{Jämtland-geo-stub