Flen (local pronunciation ''Flén'') is a locality and the seat of Flen Municipality,

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, Sweden with 6,229 inhabitants in 2010. Flen evolved as a

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junction and got the title of a

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in 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of the much larger Flen Municipality. Other things which made Flen famous is " Violen från Flen", a song written by Ulf Peder Olrog in the 1940s. The town also plays an important role in " Du ringde från Flen", 1992

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song by Grönwalls. The town is also mentioned in the

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songs "Flen/Paris" on the 2005 EP '' The hjärta & smärta EP'' and "Ensam lång väg hem" on the 2010 album '' En plats i solen''. Flen is also famous for having the world's northernmost

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, in Blacksta.

Riksdag elections

This list charts the urban area of Flen itself rather than the namesake municipality of which Flen is the seat.

References

Populated places in Södermanland County Populated places in Flen Municipality Municipal seats of Södermanland County Swedish municipal seats {{Södermanland-geo-stub