Leksand

Leksand is a locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 and the seat of Leksand Municipality

Leksand Municipality

Leksand Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand....

 in Dalarna County

Dalarna County

Dalarna County is a county or län in middle Sweden. It borders the counties of Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It is also bordered by the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Sør-Trøndelag in the west...

, Sweden

Sweden

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, with 5,861 inhabitants in 2005.

Sport

Leksand is famous for the Leksands IF

Leksands IF

Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Leksand has played 53 seasons in the top Swedish league – between 1951 to 2001, 2002 to 2004, and 2005–06...

 ice hockey team. Leksand is also home to the Leksands Baseball and Softball Club, one of the oldest and more successful baseball clubs in Sweden, having won 20 national championships in baseball and 7 in softball. The club was founded in the late 1950s and currently has about 130 members. Additionally, Leksand is home to the Baseball Academy Leksand, a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 (MLB)-sponsored academy established in 2006. The academy is part of a broader drive by MLB to develop European talent through a system of baseball academies across the continent, and is the only such academy in Sweden. As of March 2010, Baseball Academy Leksand comprised 22 Swedish players and was managed by Tony Klarberg.

Industry

Local industry in Leksand includes Leksandsbröd, a producer of traditional Swedish Crisp bread

Crisp bread

Crisp bread or hard bread is a flat and dry type of bread or cracker, containing mostly rye flour...

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Famous People Born in Leksand

• Per-Olov Brasar
  Per-Olov Brasar
  Per-Olov "Ole" Brasar is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played 348 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Minnesota North Stars and Vancouver Canucks.- External links :...
  
   - Former National Hockey League
  National Hockey League
  The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
  
   (NHL) player, active 1977 to 1982
• Kristian Matsson
  The Tallest Man on Earth
  Kristian Matsson is a singer-songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden. Since 2006, he has released two full-length albums and two EPs...
  
   - The Tallest Man on Earth
  The Tallest Man on Earth
  Kristian Matsson is a singer-songwriter from Dalarna, Sweden. Since 2006, he has released two full-length albums and two EPs...
  
  , folk musician
• Johan Hedberg
  Johan Hedberg
  Johan "Moose" Hedberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
   - Current NHL player, formerly with the Pittsburgh Penguins
  Pittsburgh Penguins
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  , Dallas Stars
  Dallas Stars
  The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...
  
  , Atlanta Thrashers
  Atlanta Thrashers
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   and currently with the New Jersey Devils
  New Jersey Devils
  The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...