Älvkarleby ()
is a
locality
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situated in
Älvkarleby Municipality
Älvkarleby Municipality (''Älvkarleby kommun'') is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skutskär.
The municipality is one of few in the country which has not been amalgamated since it wa ...
,
Uppsala County
Uppsala County ( sv, Uppsala län) is a county or ''län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.
Provi ...
,
Sweden
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with 1,647 inhabitants in 2010.
It is not the seat of the municipality, a function held by
Skutskär
Skutskär is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Älvkarleby Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden with 6,075 inhabitants in 2010. According to the census of 2000 6,003 people lived in Skutskär, most of them in Älvkarleby Municipality, but ...
7 km to the north.
See also
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Älgen Stolta
Älgen Stolta (in Swedish, "Älgen" means "the moose" and "Stolta" means "proud") was a moose that became known for participating in a trot racing event in Falun, Sweden, in 1907.
History
In the early 1900s, a moose cow (adult female) died ...
References
Populated places in Uppsala County
Populated places in Älvkarleby Municipality
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