Malung
Encyclopedia
Malung is a locality
and the seat of Malung-Sälen Municipality, Dalarna County
, Sweden
, with 5,146 inhabitants in 2005.
, a few kilometers outside downtown. Specialized courses include folk music, dance, mountaineering and health.
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 Malung-Sälen Municipality, 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 5,146 inhabitants in 2005.
Overview
Malung is home to Malungs FolkhögskolaFolk high school
Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...
, a few kilometers outside downtown. Specialized courses include folk music, dance, mountaineering and health.