Smedjebacken is a
locality
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and the seat of
Smedjebacken Municipality
Smedjebacken Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Smedjebacken.
The present municipality was formed in two steps during the last nationwide local gover ...
,
Dalarna County
Dalarna County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Trøndelag to ...
,
Sweden
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, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010.
Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake
Barken, with an area of , which in turn belongs to the
Kolbäcksån
Kolbäcksån is a river located in Bergslagen in the middle of Sweden. It is about 180 kilometres long, arises in the province Dalarna and flows through the province of Västmanland into the Mälaren. The river drains an area of approximately 3,10 ...
stream
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-system, which drains into lake
Mälaren
Mälaren ( , , or ), historically referred to as Lake Malar in English, is the third-largest freshwater lake in Sweden (after Vänern and Vättern). Its area is and its greatest depth is 64 m (210 ft). Mälaren spans from east to west. The l ...
to the south-east.
Notable people
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Nils Ekholm
Nils Gustaf Ekholm (9 October 1848 – 5 April 1923) was a Swedish meteorologist who led a Swedish geophysical expedition to Spitsbergen in 1882–1883.
Biography
Ekholm was born in Smedjebacken in Dalarna, son of a pharmacist. Having completed h ...
, Swedish meteorologist, physicist and explorer
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Hans Heyerdahl
Hans Olaf Halvor Heyerdahl (8 July 1857 – 10 October 1913) was a Norwegian Realist painter. His work was characterized by naturalism and focused largely on portraits and landscape paintings.
Biography
Heyerdahl was born in Smedjebacken, Swed ...
, Norwegian painter
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Maria Keohane
Maria Keohane (born 13 May 1971) is a Swedish soprano who has performed at festivals in Europe and made many recordings, especially of sacred music.
Life and career
Keohane was born in Manchester to a Swedish mother and an Irish father. She and ...
, Swedish soprano
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Mia Brunell
Maria Christina "Mia" Brunell Livfors (born 1965) is a Swedish businesswoman. She works as CEO for Axel Johnson AB since June 2015, a private family owned Group of companies focused on trade and retail with a turnover of SEK 66 billion in 2014. ...
, Swedish businesswoman
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Karl Edvard Laman
Karl Edvard Laman (born Karl Edvard Ersson) (1867–1944) was a Swedish missionary and ethnographer active in Kingdom of Kongo during the period of 1891 through 1919. Laman and his wife collected a large group of ethnographic materials and this ...
, Swedish missionary and ethnographer
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Smedjebacken:
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Smedjebackens FK
Smedjebackens FK is a Swedish football club located in Smedjebacken.
Background
Smedjebackens FK currently plays in Division 4 Dalarna which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Herosvallen in Smedjebacken.
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File:Smedjebackens järnvägsstation.jpg, Smedjebacken railway station
File:Smedjebackenblacksmith07030002.png, Sculpture by
See also
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Furbo, Smedjebacken Furbo is a village and area near Smedjebacken in Dalarna, Sweden, including Furbo Lake. The village is surrounded by Scots pine forests. The village dates to the Iron Age. Hunting, gathering and fishing are very popular. The economy revolves around ...
References
External links
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Populated places in Smedjebacken Municipality
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