Klippan (literally ''the Cliff'') is a

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and the seat of

Klippan Municipality Klippan Municipality () is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan. The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the market town Klippan (itself instituted in 1945) with ...

Skåne County Skåne County ( ), sometimes referred to as Scania County or just Scania in English, is the southernmost Counties of Sweden, county, or , of Sweden, mostly corresponding to the traditional Provinces of Sweden, province of Scania. It borders th ...

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with 8,116 inhabitants in 2010. The famous liberal economist

Bertil Ohlin Bertil Gotthard Ohlin () (23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liber ...

was a native of Klippan. In September 1995, a young man named Gerard Gbeyo was reportedly murdered within the town by 2 Nazi sympathizers. https://bra.se/download/18.cba82f7130f475a2f1800028346/1371914734873/2000_manifestations_of_racism.pdf

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Klippan: * Klippans FF * Klippans BK

References

Populated places in Klippan Municipality Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats {{Skåne-geo-stub