Norberg (municipality)

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Norberg Location of the municipality of Norberg
coat of arms Location in Västmanland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västmanland County
Historical Province (landskap): Vastmanland
Main place: Norberg
SCB code: 1962
Residents : 5690 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 447.7 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 12.7 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.norberg.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 60 ° 5 '  N , 15 ° 57'  E Norberg is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Västmanland County and the historic province of Västmanland . The main town of the municipality is Norberg .

history

The first historical finds date from the 12th century and come from the remains of smelting furnaces in which the ore extracted in the Bergslagen region was melted. The Polhemsrad (Polhemshjulet), a waterwheel that was used from 1876 to 1920 as part of a drive system for draining the ore mines of Kärrgruvan, is still preserved.

Around 1390 the freedom fighter Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was born near , who led the Engelbrekt uprising in 1434 .

Web links

Commons : Gemeinde Norberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)