Edsbyn
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| State : | Sweden | |||||
| Province (län): | Gävleborg County | |||||
| Historical Province (landskap): | Hälsingland | |||||
| Municipality : | Ovanåker | |||||
| Coordinates : | 61 ° 23 ' N , 15 ° 49' E | |||||
| SCB code : | 7044 | |||||
| Status: | Crime scene | |||||
| Residents : | 4179 (December 31, 2015) | |||||
| Area : | 5.28 km² | |||||
| Population density : | 791 inhabitants / km² | |||||
| List of perpetrators in Gävleborg County | ||||||
Edsbyn is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Gävleborgs län and the historic province of Hälsingland . It is located 30 kilometers west of Bollnäs on the Voxnan River and is the main town in Ovanåker municipality . Edsbyn is an industrial town with a focus on the furniture industry.
The local bandy team , Edsbyns IF , has been playing in the highest Swedish class Bandyallsvenskan for 60 years and has won the national championship title seven times. The game developer Markus Persson , who became famous for the popular video game Minecraft , spent his childhood in Edsbyn.
Personalities
- Göran Järvefelt (1947–1989), director and actor
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
Places in the municipality of Ovanåker