Älvkarleby
Place in Uppland, Sweden
60°34′N 17°27′E / 60.567°N 17.450°E / 60.567; 17.450 (31 December 2010)[1]
Älvkarleby (Swedish pronunciation: [ɛlvˈkɑ̂ːɭɛˌbyː])[2] is a locality situated in Älvkarleby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,647 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is not the seat of the municipality, a function held by Skutskär 7 km to the north.
People from Älvkarleby
One of Sweden's most famous authors, Stig Dagerman was born in Älvkarleby on 5 October 1923 and spent his youth there. At the centenary of his birth in 2023, a park in Älvkarleby was named after Stig Dagerman and a statue was placed there.[3]
Finnish ice hockey player Jesse Puljujarvi, currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins was also born in Älvkarleby.
See also
References
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Älvkarleby.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Älvkarleby.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 29.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (5 October 2023). "Älvkarleby firar Stig Dagermans 100-årsdag". SVT Nyheter.
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