Flen () is a
locality and the seat of
Flen Municipality
Flen Municipality () is a municipality in central Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Flen.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the ''City of Flen'' (instituted in 194 ...
,
Södermanland County
Södermanland County (, ) is a Counties of Sweden, 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 the ...
,
Sweden
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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 using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
junction and got the title of a
city
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...
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 in the 1940s. The town also plays an important role in "
Du ringde från Flen", a 1992
dansband
(; "dance band"), or in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish language, Swedish term for a band that plays (; "dance band music"). ' is often danced to in partner dance, pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. T ...
song by
Grönwalls. The town is also mentioned in the
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
song "Flen/Paris" on the 2005
EP ''
The hjärta & smärta EP'' and "Ensam lång väg hem" on the 2010 album ''
En plats i solen''. The famous Equestrians
Carl Green and
Sigurd Svensson was born here.
Flen is known as the 'city of ice cream' because it is the location of
GB Glace, the biggest ice cream company in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
.
Flen is also famous for having the world's northernmost
vineyard
A vineyard ( , ) is a plantation of grape-bearing vines. Many vineyards exist for winemaking; others for the production of raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice. The science, practice and study of vineyard production is kno ...
, in Blacksta.
Riksdag
The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ...
elections
This list charts the urban area of Flen itself rather than the
namesake municipality of which Flen is the seat.
References
Populated places in Flen Municipality
Municipal seats of Södermanland County
Swedish municipal seats
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