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Hedemora

Field	Value
official_name	Hedemora
image_skyline	Hedemora från ovan.JPG
image_caption	September 2007 aerial view of Hedemora
pushpin_map	Sweden Dalarna#Sweden
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Hedemora Municipality
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Dalarna County
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Dalarna
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	6.12
population_as_of	31 December 2010
population_footnotes
population_total	7,273
population_density_km2	1189
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
coordinates

Hedemora is a town in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 7,273 inhabitants in 2010.

Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city, and as such the oldest in the county.

Jonas Nilsson comes from Hedemora, as well as Kerstin Thorborg, Martin Matsbo, Edvin Anger, Bertil Norman and Ulf Stenlund. The diesel engines from Hedemora Diesel can be found in many ships built by Kockums, such as , the Collins class submarines in the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service and the Archer class submarines in the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Hedemora is the home of Clifftop Games, an independent game developer whose published works include Kathy Rain and Whispers of a Machine, and also of Killmonday Games, the independent game developer that produced the games Fran Bow and Little Misfortune.

History

The town Hedemora was chartered in 1446, which means it is the oldest and only medieval town in Dalarna.

In 1754 and 1849 the town was severely hit by fire. The fire in 1754 destroyed 90 out of the 110 house lots in the town, including all the grain storages. However, the massive destruction made it possible to modernize the town structure, with straighter blocks and streets.

Hedemora held Gustav I of Sweden's first mint, in use 1521–1524.

In 1958, a motor racing circuit laid out in the city hosted the first Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix of MotoGP.

References

fi:Hedemoran kunta

References

(14 December 2011). "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010". [[Statistics Sweden]].

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