Ockelbo

This article deals with the place Ockelbo; for the Swedish municipality of Ockelbo see Ockelbo (municipality) and for the car brand see Ockelbo (car brand) .

Ockelbo
Ockelbo
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Gävleborg County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gästrikland
Municipality  :	Ockelbo
Coordinates :	60 ° 53 '  N , 16 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 60 ° 53 '  N , 16 ° 43'  E
SCB code :	7236
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	2875 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	4.41 km²
Population density :	652 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Gävleborg County

Ockelbo is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Gävleborgs län and the historical province of Gästrikland . It is located about 30 km north of Sandviken and is the capital of the municipality of the same name .

Ockelbo represents Sweden in the European Charter - Villages of Europe , a group of rural communities from all 28 EU countries.

Ockelbo train station

economy

In the place, which lies on the main railway line Stockholm - Ånge ( Norra stambanan ), there is a producer goods industry. The industrial museum Wij valsverk is located just to the west of the village .

Personalities

• Egon Sundberg (1911–2015), Swedish football player and musician.
• Daniel of Sweden (* 1973), husband of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden , grew up in Ockelbo.

Web links

Commons : Ockelbo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)