Insjön
Encyclopedia
Insjön is a locality situated in Leksand Municipality
, Dalarna County
, Sweden
with 2,150 inhabitants in 2005. In 1899 Åhléns
started out as the mail order business Åhlén & Holm. 19 years later, in 1918, the mail order firm Clas Ohlson
was founded in Insjön. The sawmill Bergkvist sågen was also founded here.
Leksand Municipality
Leksand Municipality is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Leksand....
, 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...
, 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 2,150 inhabitants in 2005. In 1899 Åhléns
Åhléns
Åhléns is a Swedish chain of department stores, located in almost every city in the country, and with several stores in the major cities, including 18 stores in Stockholm alone . Åhléns also has business operations in Norway. It is one of Sweden’s leading retailers in a number of fields...
started out as the mail order business Åhlén & Holm. 19 years later, in 1918, the mail order firm Clas Ohlson
Clas Ohlson
Clas Ohlson is a Swedish hardware chain store and mail-order firm that sells amongst other things, hardware, electrical, multimedia, and home and leisure products. It is the biggest of its type in Scandinavia, with a total number of Clas Ohlson stores is 121 as of July 2010. Stores also exist in...
was founded in Insjön. The sawmill Bergkvist sågen was also founded here.