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Touring Karlbo in Sweden

Karlbo in the region of Dalarna is a city located in Sweden - some 84 mi or ( 135 km ) North-West of Stockholm , the country's capital city .

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Time in Karlbo is now 03:22 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Stockholm " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Visby, Vasterbykil, Västerås, Vastansjo, and Vastanberg. Being here already, consider visiting Visby . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Karlbo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Karlbo

Karlbo is a village in Avesta Municipality, Dalarna, Sweden. Erik Axel Karlfeldt was born here.

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Located at 60.12 16.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Populated places in Dalarna County

Krylbo

Krylbo is a part of the town Avesta in Avesta Municipality, Dalarna County. It was a market town until it merged with the city of Avesta in 1966. Krylbo is mostly known for being an important railway hub called Avesta-Krylbo. On July 19, 1941, a German train of five cars transporting ammunition exploded while standing at the Krylbo railway station. 24 people were injured.

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Located at 60.13 16.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Geography of Dalarna County, Market towns in Sweden

Brunnbäck

Brunnbäck is a small community in Sweden, eight kilometers southeast of Avesta in Dalarna at a crossing of Dalälven. In 1521, at the Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry, Swedish rebel troops under Peder Svensson and Olof Bonde defeated a Danish host by encirclement, cementing the Swedish Rebellion and allowing Gustav Vasa sufficient time to raise an army to challenge the Danish king.

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Located at 60.13 16.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Populated places in Dalarna County

Avesta Municipality

Avesta Municipality (Avesta kommun) is one of 290 municipalities of Sweden. It is in Dalarna County, in central part of the country, and its seat is in the town Avesta. The municipality in its present size was created in 1967 when the four surrounding municipalities were joined with the then City of Avesta. In 1971 it became a municipality of unitary type.

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Located at 60.15 16.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Market towns in Sweden, Municipalities of Dalarna County, Municipalities of Sweden

Lapphyttan

Lapphyttan or Lapphyttejarn in Norberg Municipality, Sweden, may be regarded as the type site for the Medieval Blast Furnace. Its date is probably between 1150 and 1350. It produced cast iron, which was then fined to make ferritic wrought iron cake or bun-like blooms. These were then cut into lumps for trade. It is thought that they correspond to the iron pieces known as osmonds.

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Located at 60.08 16.07 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Sweden, Economic history of Sweden, Geography of Västmanland County, Type sites