Sveg
Encyclopedia
Sveg is a locality
and the seat of Härjedalen Municipality
in Jämtland County
, Sweden
with 2,633 inhabitants in 2005.
The Swedish author Henning Mankell
was brought up in Sveg, and it is the setting for his crime novel Danslärarens återkomst (The Return of the Dancing Master
).
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...
and the seat of Härjedalen Municipality
Härjedalen Municipality
Härjedalen Municipality is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sveg.The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen....
in Jämtland County
Jämtland County
Jämtland County is a county or län in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two tiny uninhabited strips of Lapland and Dalarna. Jämtland County constitutes 12 percent of Sweden's total area, and is...
, 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....
with 2,633 inhabitants in 2005.
The Swedish author Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.-Life and career:...
was brought up in Sveg, and it is the setting for his crime novel Danslärarens återkomst (The Return of the Dancing Master
The Return of the Dancing Master
The Return of the Dancing Master is a 2000 novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell. It was translated into English in 2003 by Laurie Thompson, and won the 2005 Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel, presented by Mystery Ink....
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