Edsbyn () is a

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and the seat of

Ovanåker Municipality Ovanåker Municipality (''Ovanåkers kommun'') is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's forma ...

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, Sweden with 3,985 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the historical province of

Hälsingland Hälsingland (), sometimes referred to as Helsingia in English, is a historical province or ''landskap'' in central Sweden. It borders Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is part of the land of Norrland. ...

. Edsbyn is most famous for its former

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and nowadays

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manufacturing industry Edsbyverken; the sports club

Edsbyns IF Edsbyns IF, is a bandy team from Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden founded on 6 June 1909. The bandy section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 was formally made a club of its own on 28 June 2000. Edsbyns IF has played in th ...

; and being the hometown of the creator of

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throughout his early childhood.

Climate

Edsbyn has a subarctic climate (

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''Dfc'') with long winters with occasional strong cold periods and short but mild summers. Being situated in a river valley at a moderately high elevation surrounded by high hills, the settlement is in a frost hollow. This results in large swings between different times of the day and larger seasonal variations than seen elsewhere in Hälsingland.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Edsbyn: *

- bandy * Edsbyns IF FF - football Edsbyns IF is renowned for its successes in men's

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing 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 international governing body for bandy is ...

. The first indoor bandy arena in Sweden,

Edsbyn Arena Edsbyn Arena is a sports venue in Edsbyn. It is the home of Edsbyns IF. Inaugurated on 22 September 2003 by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, it was the first indoor bandy rink in Sweden. Major work was completed following the 2002–2003 season. O ...

, was built in Edsbyn and dedicated in 2003 by King

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. Information about Edsbyn Arena AB. Retrieved on 2011-07-25. File:Edsbyns IF - Svenska Fönster Arena - 1.JPG, Interior of

File:MagnusKubenOlsson.jpg,

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player Magnus Olsson

References

{{authority control Populated places in Ovanåker Municipality Municipal seats of Gävleborg County Hälsingland Swedish municipal seats