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Place in Dalarna, Sweden
Gagnef
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Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°05′E / 60.600°N 15.083°E / 60.600; 15.083
CountrySweden
ProvinceDalarna
CountyDalarna County
MunicipalityGagnef Municipality
Area
 • Total2.40 km (0.93 sq mi)
Population
 • Total10 328
 • Density437/km (1,130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Gagnef (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡâŋːnɛv]) is the second largest locality situated in Gagnef Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,049 inhabitants in 2010. Gagnef consists of several small villages: The Church Village, Kyrkbyn, The Station Village, Stationsbyn, Moje, Moje, Tjaerna, Tjärna, Graev, Gräv, Gaersholn, Gärsholm, Gagnefs Grauda, Gagnefs Gråda, Osterfors, Österfors, Vaesterfors, Västerfors, Nordbaeck, Nordbäck, Gagnefsbyn, Gagnefsbyn, Nordauker, Nordåker and Pellesgaurdarna, Pellesgårdarna.

Actress Malin Levanon comes from Gagnef. The artist Ottilia Adelborg lived there for several decades, and there is now an Ottilia Adelborg Museum in Gagnef.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Gagnef:

References

  1. ^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 8.
Localities in Gagnef Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden
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Oskar Lindberg (composer) was born in Gagnef.


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