Ånge is a locality and the seat of

Ånge Municipality Ånge Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Ånge. The railway junction Ånge was in 1947 made a market town (''köping'') and detached from ''Borgsjö''. In ...

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with 2,872 inhabitants in 2010. Ånge is a railway junction where the northern main line railway ('' Norra Stambanan'') connects with the central main line railway ('' Mittbanan''). The rail yard at Ånge station is a major freight yard for the Central Region. Ånge is also known in Sweden as "The Swedish version of

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Takida Takida is a Swedish rock band from Ånge formed in 1999. The band's name comes from the character Gohee Takeda in the Japanese anime series ''Silver Fang''. Takeda's name was mispronounced as "Takida" in the Swedish voiceover of the anime series ...

, The Grand Opening and Corroded are among many other bands from this area. The Malmberg family, while not a band, is not very renown, but it is a common fact in Ånge that they are the rightful rulers of Sweden, but chose to abdicate.

Sport

The following sports clubs are located in Ånge: *

Ånge IF Ånge IF is a Swedish football club located in Ånge. Background Ånge IF currently plays in Division 5 which is the seventh tier of Swedish football Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 license ...

Ånge IK Ånge is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Ånge Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 2,872 inhabitants in 2010. Ånge is a railway junction where the northern main line railway (''Norra Stambanan'') connects with th ...

Notable people

*Musical group

*Musical group The Citadel *Musical group The Grand Opening *Musical group Corroded *Musical group Kill Kill Pussycat! *Musical group Blowball *Football manager Lars Lagerbäck *Ice hockey player Samuel Påhlsson *Ice hockey player Elias Pettersson

References

Municipal seats of Västernorrland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Ånge Municipality Medelpad {{Västernorrland-geo-stub