Liden is a locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 situated in Sundsvall Municipality

Sundsvall Municipality

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, Västernorrland County

Västernorrland County

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, Sweden

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 with 269 inhabitants in 2005.

It is located near the river Indalsälven

Indalsälven

Indalsälven is one of Sweden's longest rivers with a total length of 430 kilometers. Among its tributaries are Kallströmmen, Långan, Hårkan and Ammerån. A total of 26 hydropower plants are placed along its course, making it the third most power producing river of Sweden.-References:...

, 50 km (road 86) north west of the city of Sundsvall

Sundsvall

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The name Liden (Swedish

Swedish language

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; meaning "a long slope", down to the river) was first recorded as De Lidh in a letter from 1344,
Liden's Old Church was built in the 1480s by the Dominican

Dominican Order

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 monk Josefhus.

The Swedish noble family Lidströmer

Lidströmer

Lidströmer is a Swedish noble family, originating from the village of Liden, Medelpad, Sweden. Knighted 3 October 1800 by King Gustav IV Adolf in the cathedral of Linköping, Sweden...

 originates from Liden.

The New Church, which was consecrated in 1858, is situated a few hundred meters above the Old Church.