Järna (also Dala-Järna to distinguish it from

Järna Järna may refer to: *Järna, Södertälje Municipality Järna is a locality situated in Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 6,377 inhabitants in 2010. Järna has long been the centre of the anthroposophical movement in Swe ...

Södertälje Municipality Södertälje Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Södertälje. It borders to Lake Mälaren in the north and the Baltic Sea in the south, and within the Stockholm County ...

) is a

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situated in

Vansbro Municipality Vansbro Municipality () is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vansbro. During the local government reform of 1971 ''Järna'', ''Nås'' and ''Äppelbo'' were amalgamated to form the new Vansbro ...

Dalarna County Dalarna County () 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 and Trøndelag to ...

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with 1,413 inhabitants in 2010. The last traditional player of the

Swedish bagpipes Swedish bagpipes (säckpipa, , or ''dråmba'', ''koppe'', ''posu'', or ''bälgpipa'') are a variety of bagpipes from Sweden. The term itself generically translates to "bagpipes" in Swedish, but is used in English to describe the specifically Swed ...

Gudmunds Nils Larsson Swedish bagpipes (säckpipa, , or ''dråmba'', ''koppe'', ''posu'', or ''bälgpipa'') are a variety of bagpipes from Sweden. The term itself generically translates to "bagpipes" in Swedish, but is used in English to describe the specifically Swed ...

(died 1949), was from Järna.

Notable people

* Mikael Strandberg (born 1962), explorer, filmmaker and writer

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Dala Järna: *

Dala-Järna IK Dala-Järna IK is a Swedish football club located in Dala Järna in Vansbro Municipality, Dalarna County. Background Since their foundation Dala-Järna IK has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league ...

* Dala-Järna Windsurfing Klubb

References

Populated places in Vansbro Municipality {{Dalarna-geo-stub