Hedemora Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Dalarna County

Dalarna County

Dalarna County is a county or län in middle Sweden. It borders the counties of Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It is also bordered by the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Sør-Trøndelag in the west...

 in central Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its seat is in the city of Hedemora

Hedemora

Hedemora is the oldest locality in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 15,164 inhabitants in 2011.Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city...

.

In 1966 the City of Hedemora was amalgamated with the rural municipality by the same name and with Husby.

Military history

Hedemora town was a recruit training

Recruit training

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 place under Gustav Vasa

Gustav I of Sweden

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's campaign against the Danes

Denmark

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. In the victorius battle of Brunnbäck 1521 was Peder Svensson from the village Vibberboda in Hedemora Municipality one of the two commanding officer

Commanding officer

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s (the other was Olof Bonde from Norrbärke in Smedjebacken Municipality

Smedjebacken Municipality

Smedjebacken Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Smedjebacken....

).

The Livkompaniet (company

Company (military unit)

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 designated to protect the regiment

Regiment

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 chief) of Dalregementet

Dalregementet

Dalregementet , designations I 13 and I 13/Fo 53, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traced its origins back to the 16th century. It was disbanded in 2000...

 was located in Hedemora and Husby parish

Parish

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es between 1682 and 1901. The head officers of Dalregementet also lived in Husby under this period, in Näs kungsgård and Husby kungsgård.

Localities

• Hedemora
  Hedemora
  Hedemora is the oldest locality in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 15,164 inhabitants in 2011.Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city...
  
   (seat)
• Långshyttan
  Långshyttan
  Långshyttan is a locality situated in Hedemora Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,764 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Vikmanshyttan
  Vikmanshyttan
  Vikmanshyttan is a locality situated in Hedemora Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 897 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Garpenberg
  Garpenberg
  Garpenberg is a locality situated in Hedemora Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 564 inhabitants in 2005.Hedemora and Garpenberg Court District, or Hedemora och Garpenbergs tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district served as the basic division of the rural areas in...
  
  
• Västerby
  Västerby
  Länsikylä is a village in the municipality of Pyhtää, Kymenlaakso, Southern Finland province, Finland....
  
  
• Husby
  Husby, Hedemora
  Husby is a locality situated in Hedemora Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 250 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  

Sister cities

Hedemora has five sister cities:
Bauska

Bauska

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, Latvia

Latvia

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 Ishozi

Ishozi

Ishozi is a small town in the Kagera Region, in northwestern Tanzania, not far from the shores of Lake Victoria.-Location:The town is located approximately , by road, north of Bukoba, the regional capital. The coordinates of the town are:01 09 00S, 31 45 54E .-External links:*...

-Ishunju-Gera, Tanzania

Tanzania

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 Nord Fron, Norway

Norway

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 Nysted

Nysted

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, Denmark

Denmark

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 Vehkalahti

Vehkalahti

Vehkalahti is a former municipality surrounding the town of Hamina in south-eastern Finland. At the beginning of 2003 Hamina and Vehkalahti combined to form a new town of Hamina.-History:...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

External links

• Hedemora - Official website