Gagnef

Gagnef
Gagnef in 1911
Gagnef
Gagnef
Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°05′E / 60.600°N 15.083°E / 60.600; 15.083Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°05′E / 60.600°N 15.083°E / 60.600; 15.083
Country Sweden
Province Dalarna
County Dalarna County
Municipality Gagnef Municipality
Area[1]
 • Total 2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 1,049
 • Density 437/km2 (1,130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Gagnef is the second largest locality situated in Gagnef Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,049 inhabitants in 2010.[1] Gagnef consists of several small villages: The Church Village, Kyrkbyn, The Station Village, Stationsbyn, Moje, Moje, Tjaerna, Tjärna, Graev, Gräv, Gaersholn, Gärsholm, Gagnefs Grauda, Gagnefs Gråda, Osterfors, Österfors, Vaesterfors, Västerfors, Nordbaeck, Nordbäck, Gagnefsbyn, Gagnefsbyn, Nordauker, Nordåker and Pellesgaurdarna, Pellesgårdarna.

Actress Malin Levanon comes from Gagnef. The artist Ottilia Adelborg lived there for several decades, and there is now an Ottilia Adelborg Museum in Gagnef.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Gagnef:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

Oskar Lindberg (composer) was born in Gagnef.


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