Smedjebacken

Place in Dalarna, Sweden

Coat of arms

60°08′N 15°25′E / 60.133°N 15.417°E / 60.133; 15.417CountrySwedenProvinceDalarnaCountyDalarna CountyMunicipalitySmedjebacken MunicipalityArea

^[1]

• Total6.36 km² (2.46 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2010)^[1]

• Total5,100 • Density802/km² (2,080/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Smedjebacken is a locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake Barken, with an area of 34 km² (13 sq mi), which in turn belongs to the Kolbäcksån stream-system, which drains into lake Mälaren to the south-east.

Notable people

Nils Ekholm, Swedish meteorologist, physicist and explorer
Hans Heyerdahl, Norwegian painter
Maria Keohane, Swedish soprano
Karl Edvard Laman, Swedish missionary and ethnographer

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Smedjebacken:

Smedjebackens FK

Smedjebacken railway station
Sculpture by Sven-Göran Niklasson [sv]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.