Hedemora is a

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Dalarna County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) 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 Hedmar ...

and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 7,273 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a ''city'', and as such the oldest in the county. Jonas Nilsson comes from Hedemora, as well as Kerstin Thorborg,

Martin Matsbo Martin Matsbo (4 October 1911 – 6 September 2002) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He finished fourth in the 18 km event at those ...

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and Ulf Stenlund. The

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s from Hedemora Diesel can be found in many ships built by

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, such as , the

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s in the

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and the Archer class submarines in the Republic of Singapore Navy. Hedemora is the home of Clifftop Games, an independent game developer whose published works include

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and Whispers of a Machine, and also of Killmonday Games, the independent game developer that produced the games

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and Little Misfortune.

History

The town Hedemora was chartered in 1446, which means it is the oldest and only medieval town in

Dalarna Dalarna () is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in central Sweden. English exonyms for it are Dalecarlia () and the Dales. Dalarna adjoins Härjedalen, Hälsingland, Gästrikland, Västmanland and Värmland. It is also bordered by Norwa ...

. In 1754 and 1849 the town was severely hit by fire. The fire in 1754 destroyed 90 out of the 110 house lots in the town, including all the grain storages. However, the massive destruction made it possible to modernize the town structure, with straighter blocks and streets. Hedemora held

Gustav I of Sweden Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ('' Riksför ...

's first

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, in use 1521–1524. In

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, a motor racing circuit laid out in the city hosted the first

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of MotoGP.

References

{{Attached KML Populated places in Dalarna County Municipal seats of Dalarna County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Hedemora Municipality fi:Hedemoran kunta

History

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