Hedemora is the oldest 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...

 in Dalarna County

Dalarna County

Dalarna County is a county or län in middle Sweden. It borders the counties of Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It is also bordered by the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Sør-Trøndelag in the west...

 and the seat of Hedemora Municipality

Hedemora Municipality

Hedemora Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is in the city of Hedemora.In 1966 the City of Hedemora was amalgamated with the rural municipality by the same name and with Husby....

, Sweden

Sweden

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, with 15,164 inhabitants in 2011.

Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.

Jonas Nilsson

Jonas Nilsson

Jonas Nilsson is a Swedish former alpine skier. He was born in Hedemora.He raced in the Alpine Skiing World Cup from 1983 to 1992, obtaining two victories, both in slalom. He won the gold medal in Alpine World Ski Championships of 1985, in the same discipline.-World Cup victories:-References:...

 comes from Hedemora, as well as Kerstin Thorborg

Kerstin Thorborg

Kerstin Thorborg Born in Venjan, Sweden, the contralto Kerstin Thorborg was one of the best dramatic Wagnerian singers in the two decades between 1930 and 1950. She made her debut in 1924 singing the difficult role of Ortrud. Eight years later, the famed conductor Bruno Walter engaged her for the...

, Martin Matsbo

Martin Matsbo

Martin Matsbo was a Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen...

, Bertil Norman

Bertil Norman

Bertil Norman is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He is Relay World Champion from 1966, as a member of the Swedish winning team....

 and Ulf Stenlund

Ulf Stenlund

Ulf Stenlund is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one single and one doubles title during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 27 April 1987, when he became the number 23 of the world.-References:...

. The diesel engine

Diesel engine

A diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition to burn the fuel, which is injected into the combustion chamber...

s from Hedemora Diesel

Hedemora Diesel

Hedemora Diesel AB is a Swedish company in Hedemora, Dalarnas län and is a spinn off from Hedemora Verkstäder. The company used to produce diesel engines, to ships, locomotives, oil rigs and back up generators to hospitals...

 can be found in many ships built by Kockums

Kockums

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, such as HMS Orion

HMS Orion (A201)

HMS Orion is a signals intelligence gathering vessel in the Swedish Navy.HMS Orion was first launched in 1984. She was built with extensive support from the United States National Security Agency. In November 1985 HMS Orion was rammed by a Soviet minesweeper, after she got too close to a Soviet...

, the Collins class submarine

Collins class submarine

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s in the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service

Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service

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 and the Archer class submarine

Archer class submarine

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s in the Republic of Singapore Navy

Republic of Singapore Navy

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.

History

The town Hedemora was charter

Charter

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ed in 1446, which means it is the oldest and only medieval town in Dalarna

Dalarna

', English exonym: Dalecarlia, is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. Another English language form established in literature is the Dales. Places involving the element Dalecarlia exist in the United States....

. The centre of Hedemora consists of many old buildings, often built of wood.

In 1754 and 1849 the town was severely hit by fire. The fire in 1754 destroyed 90 out of the 110 house lots in the town, including all the grain storages. However, the massive destruction made it possible to modernize the town structure, with straighter blocks and streets.

Hedemora is also the home town of famous person Muco Orly (See link)

Hedemora held Gustav I of Sweden

Gustav I of Sweden

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's first mint

Mint (coin)

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, in use 1521–1524.