Hedemora

Hedemora
September 2007 aerial view of Hedemora
September 2007 aerial view of Hedemora
Hedemora is located in Dalarna
Hedemora
Hedemora
Hedemora is located in Sweden
Hedemora
Hedemora
Coordinates: 60°16′37″N 15°59′14″E / 60.27694°N 15.98722°E / 60.27694; 15.98722
Country Sweden
ProvinceDalarna
CountyDalarna County
MunicipalityHedemora Municipality
Area
 • Total6.12 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total7,273
 • Density1,189/km2 (3,080/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Hedemora is a town in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 7,273 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city, and as such the oldest in the county.[citation needed]

Jonas Nilsson comes from Hedemora, as well as Kerstin Thorborg, Martin Matsbo, Edvin Anger, Bertil Norman and Ulf Stenlund. The diesel engines from Hedemora Diesel can be found in many ships built by Kockums, such as HSwMS Orion, the Collins class submarines in the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service and the Archer class submarines in the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Hedemora is the home of Clifftop Games, an independent game developer whose published works include Kathy Rain and Whispers of a Machine, and also of Killmonday Games, the independent game developer that produced the games Fran Bow and Little Misfortune.

  1. ^ 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.

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