Smedjebacken
Encyclopedia
Smedjebacken is a locality
and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality
, Dalarna County
, Sweden
, with 5,121 inhabitants in 2005.
Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake Barken, with an area of 34km², which in turn belongs to the Kolbäcksån stream
-system, which drains into lake Mälaren
to the south-east.
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 Smedjebacken Municipality
Smedjebacken Municipality
Smedjebacken Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Smedjebacken....
, 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
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, with 5,121 inhabitants in 2005.
Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake Barken, with an area of 34km², which in turn belongs to the Kolbäcksån stream
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
-system, which drains into lake Mälaren
Mälaren
Lake Mälaren is the third-largest lake in Sweden, after Lakes Vänern and Vättern. Its area is 1,140 km² and its greatest depth is 64 m. Mälaren spans 120 kilometers from east to west...
to the south-east.
Notable people
- Karl Edvard LamanKarl Edvard LamanKarl Edvard Laman was a Swedish missionary and ethnographer active in Kingdom of Kongo during the period of 1891 through 1919...
, Swedish missionary and ethnographer