Smedjebacken

Smedjebacken is a locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, 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 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
• Mia Brunell, Swedish businesswoman
• Karl Edvard Laman, Swedish missionary and ethnographer

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Smedjebacken:

• Smedjebackens FK

See also

• Furbo, Smedjebacken

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