Arbrå ()
is the second largest
locality
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in
Bollnäs Municipality
Bollnäs Municipality () is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Bollnäs.
The municipality evolved during a series of local government reforms in the 1950s and 1970s. It consists of six original entit ...
,
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Uppsala County, Uppsala, Västmanland County, Västmanland, Dalarna County, Dalarna, Jämtland County, Jämtland and Và ...
, Sweden with 2,215 inhabitants in 2010.
Points of interest
* Arbråmasten, a 331 metres tall
guyed TV mast.
Notable people
*
Gösta "Snoddas" Nordgren, singer and
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.
The playin ...
player, was born in Arbrå on 30 December 1926.
*
Peter Stormare
Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (; Birth name, né Storm, 27 August 1953) is a Swedish actor. He played Prince Hamlet, Hamlet for Ingmar Bergman, Gaear Grimsrud in the film ''Fargo (1996 film), Fargo'' (1996) and List of Prison Break characters#John ...
, actor, grew up in Arbrå.
*
Folke Alnevik, athlete & an Olympian
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Arbrå:
*
Arbrå BK
References
External links
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Populated places in Bollnäs Municipality
Hälsingland