Malung-Sälen Municipality
Malung is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden.
Nature and geography
The terrain in the area is largely submontane, with plenty of bog and forest. The Transtrandsfjällen in the north are the southernmost mountains in Sweden, marking the start of the Scandinavian mountain range. Rocks are mostly metamorphic and sedimentary, with occurrences of basalt. Most settlements are located in and around the valley of Västerdalälven.
Population and villages
The population was approximately 13000 in the 1960s and has decreased continually since that.
The villages in the municipality, with population figures from 1993, are:
- Lima (700)
- Limedsforsen (920)
- Malung (municipal centre) (6,230)
- Malungsfors (740)
- Sälen (530)
- Transtrand (530)
- Yttermalung (740)
- Öje (290)
Culture and institutions
- Malung has a folkhögskola, specialized in folk music and folk dance. One notable former music student is Emma Härdelin.
See also
External links
- Malung - Official site
- Statistics (in Swedish)
- Malungs Folkhögskola
- Jonell-Ericsson, Britta (1987). Skinnare i Malung.
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