Sveg

	Sveg
	Sveg
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Jämtland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Harjedalen
Municipality :	Harjedalen
Coordinates :	62 ° 2 ′ N , 14 ° 22 ′ E Coordinates: 62 ° 2 ′ N , 14 ° 22 ′ E
SCB code :	7968
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	2543 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	2.96 km²
Population density :	859 inhabitants / km²
Height :	363 m above sea level
	List of perpetrators in Jämtland County

Sveg is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Jämtland County and the historic province of Härjedalen .

location

Sveg is the main town in the municipality of Härjedalen . The place is on the European route 45 ( Inlandsvägen ), on Riksväg 84, on the Inlandsbahn and on the Ljusnan river . Sveg is 128 km south of Östersund as the crow flies, by road or train it is about 180 km. Above and below Sveg there are barrages of the Ljusnan.

history

The name Sveg has been known as a Thingplatz since the 1270s . The origin of the name could be a bend in the Ljusnan river in Sveg ( Icelandic sveigr , bend). Until the end of the 19th century, Sveg was primarily an ecclesiastical center and a center of jurisdiction. The settlement of large timber companies and the connection to the railroad to Orsa , Brunflo and Hede made Sveg the capital of the surrounding areas.

Personalities

Ulrika Bergman and Anna Le Moine , Swedish curlers
Henning Mankell , Swedish writer (grew up in Sveg)
Anna Carin Olofsson , Swedish biathlete
Inger Björkbom , Swedish biathlete

Sveg in literature

Henning Mankell's novel The Return of the Dance Teacher is largely set in Sveg. The combined railway and road bridge in front of Sveg plays an important role in this novel. In 2006 the bridge was named "Mankellbron" in honor of Mankell.

Picture gallery

Panorama of Sveg (1867)
Panorama of Sveg (2013)
Church (2011)
Church (2011)
Railway Station (2006)
Mankellbron (2008)
Airfield (2009)
Sculpture: bear

Individual evidence

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

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)