Älvkarleby () is a
locality
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situated in
Älvkarleby Municipality
Älvkarleby Municipality () 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 was created out of a par ...
,
Uppsala County
Uppsala County () 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.
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,
Sweden
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with 1,647 inhabitants in 2010.
It is not the seat of the municipality, a function held by
Skutskär 7 km to the north.
People from Älvkarleby
One of Sweden's most famous authors,
Stig Dagerman
Stig Halvard Dagerman (5 October 1923 – 4 November 1954) was a Swedish author and journalist prominent in the aftermath of World War II.
Biography
Stig Dagerman was born Stig Halvard Andersson in Älvkarleby, Uppsala County. He later took h ...
was born in Älvkarleby on 5 October 1923 and spent his youth there. At the centenary of his birth in 2023, a park in Älvkarleby was named after Stig Dagerman and a
statue
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was placed there.
Finnish ice hockey player
Jesse Puljujarvi, currently playing for the
Florida Panthers
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was also born in Älvkarleby.
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 harness racing, trot racing event in Falun, Sweden, in 1907.
History
In the early 1900s, a moose cow (adu ...
References
Populated places in Uppsala County
Populated places in Älvkarleby Municipality
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