Edsbyn 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...

 and the seat of Ovanåker Municipality

Ovanåker Municipality

Ovanåker Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in Edsbyn....

, Gävleborg County

Gävleborg County

Gävleborg County is a county or län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.- Administration :...

, Sweden

Sweden

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 with 4,060 inhabitants in 2005.

Edsbyn is most famous for their ski

Ski

A ski is a long, flat device worn on the foot, usually attached through a boot, designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow. Originally intended as an aid to travel in snowy regions, they are now mainly used for recreational and sporting purposes...

 manufacturing industry, and the sports club Edsbyns IF

Edsbyns IF

Edsbyns IF, founded on 6 June 1909, is a sports club in Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden. The bandy section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 and in 2000 the section was formally made a club of its own....

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Climate

Edsbyn has a sub-arctic climate with long cold winters and short mild summers. Average high temperature in January is -10 °C and average low in January is -19 °C.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Edsbyn:

• Edsbyns IF
  Edsbyns IF
  Edsbyns IF, founded on 6 June 1909, is a sports club in Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden. The bandy section of the club was founded as late as in 1925 and in 2000 the section was formally made a club of its own....
  
   - bandy
• Edsbyns IF FF
  Edsbyns IF FF
  Edsbyns IF FF is a Swedish football club located in Edsbyn in Ovanåker Municipality in Sweden. -Background:Edsbyns IF, founded on 6th June 1909, is a sports club in Edsbyn...
  
   - football

Edsbyns IF is renowned for its successes in men's bandy

Bandy

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

. The first indoor bandy arena in Sweden was built in Edsbyn and dedicated in 2003 by King Carl XVI Gustaf.