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Falun, IPA /'fɑːlʉn/, is a city in central Sweden, in the province of Dalarna at 60°36′N 15°37′E. The town has 36,447 inhabitants. Together with the surrounding area, the Falun Municipality has 55,000 inhabitants, and is the administrative capital of the Dalarna County. Falun Gong, (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally Practice of the Wheel of Law) also known as Falun Dafa, (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; lit. ... IPA may refer to: The International Phonetic Alphabet or India Pale Ale ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. ... Falun Municipality is a Municipality in central Sweden where the city Falun is the seat. ... Dalarna County, or Dalarnas län is a County or län in middle Sweden. ...

Together with Borlänge Municipality, Falun forms a metropolitan area with close to 100,000 inhabitants. Falun is still today an important service and industrial city even though the mine (since 1992) is closed.
BorlÃ¤nge Municipality on Swedens municipal map. ...

History

The town of Falun is known to have existed in the 14th century as a market place for the surrounding lands. Mining for copper had been a local business since the mid-1200s and the organisation for the extracting of copper and gold from the Great Copper Mountain (Stora Kopparberg) is believed to be the oldest still existing enterprise in the world, proved active since 1347. However one has to remember that an enterprise at that time was nothing more of a cooperation among the owners each contributing with a share of money for constructions, tool, etc. necessary to run the organisation. And depending on the contribution they could utilise the facilities and share the profit equal to the relative share they contributed with. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2816x2112, 2818 KB) Stora torget (Big Square) in Falun, Sweden. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2816x2112, 2818 KB) Stora torget (Big Square) in Falun, Sweden. ... Stora Enso Oyj (NYSE: SEO) is a Finnish–Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso in 1998. ... Illustration of the Black Death from the Toggenburg Bible (1411). ...

The city of Falun received its privileges in 1641. By then Falun was already one of the largest cities in Sweden.

Falun is located in the Bergslagen district, and the mining area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Stora Kopparberg (Great Copper Mountain), which also was the name of the mining company of Falun, is today a part of Stora Enso. The Mining district of Central Sweden, often referred to under its Swedish name Bergslagen, is a historically, culturally, and linguistically distinct region of Svealand in central Sweden. ... UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Stora Enso Oyj (NYSE: SEO) is a Finnish–Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso in 1998. ... Stora Enso Oyj (NYSE: SEO) is a Finnish–Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso in 1998. ...

Today

For education, the city holds part of the University College of Dalarna (Högskolan Dalarna). The University College of Dalarna or HÃ¶gskolan Dalarna is a university college (hÃ¶gskola) located in Falun and BorlÃ¤nge, in Dalarna County, Sweden. ...

In sports, Falun hosts the annual Swedish Ski Games at its skiing arena Lugnet. The city's most successful sport team is the bandy team Falu BS which has played in the Swedish top division for many years. Also, IBF Falun, the floorball team, have been very successful on both the male and female side. Look up bandy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A floorball match between powerhouses Sweden (yellow) and Finland (white) Floorball is an indoor team sport played using composite sticks with a plastic vented blade where the aim is to put a light plastic ball into the opponents goal. ...

Lugnet Stadion has also hosted the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships three times: 1954, 1974, and most recently in 1993. The Nordic skiing World Championships (officially the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships) have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and including women since 1954. ... The 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 13-21, 1954 in Falun, Sweden. ... The 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 16-24, 1974 in Falun, Sweden. ... The 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 19-28, 1993 in Falun, Sweden for the third time (1954, 1974). ...

The city lost out to Calgary, Canada in 1981 for the 1988 Winter Olympics. Again, Falun applied for the 1992 Winter Olympics but lost out to Albertville, France in 1986. The city lost despite the best efforts of one of ABBA's singers who recorded a single in support of the bid. Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and opened by Governor General Jeanne SauvÃ©. The Olympics were highly successful financially as they brought in million-dollar profits. ... The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1992 in Albertville, France. ... Albertville is a town and commune in southeast France, in the Savoie dÃ©partement, in the French Alps. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Abba redirects here. ...

Falun is the hometown of The Battle, one of the worlds most famous snowboard competitions.

Iron and Copper byproducts from the mine are still used as a paint ingredient, in the production of the nationally well known and culturally important Falu Red paint, particularly used for wooden houses. General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Atomic mass 63. ... Traditional Swedish houses in the countryside, painted with Falu red paint. ...

Natives from Falun

Georg Stiernhielm (August 7, 1598 - April 22, 1672) was a Swedish civil servant, linguist and poet. ... Ferdinand Boberg, born April 11, 1860 in Falun, died May 7, 1946 in Stockholm, was a Swedish architect. ... Ernst Rolf Ernst Rolf, real name Ernst Ragnar Johansson (January 20, 1891 â€“ December 25, 1932) was a Swedish revue actor and singer. ... Putte Wickman (10 September 1924 â€“ 14 February 2006) was one of the worlds leading jazz clarinetists. ... Tomas Jonsson, (born April 12, 1960 in Falun, Sweden) is a former ice hockey player. ... Jenny Kallur, (Jenny Margareta Kallur), born February 16, 1981, Long Island, New York, USA, and a resident in Falun, Dalarnas lÃ¤n, is a Swedish 100m (60m for indoor) hurdler runner (her main event) and 60 (indoor),100 and 200 metre sprinter. ... Susanna Elisabeth Kallur (born February 16, 1981 in Huntington, New York, USA) is a Swedish 100m (60m for indoor) hurdler runner who is a resident of Falun, Dalarnas lÃ¤n, and trains with Falu IK. Her twin sister Jenny Kallur, who she is 4 minutes younger than, is also a... Maria Hjort (born 15 October 1973 in Falun) is a Swedish golfer. ... Marcus Ljungqvist was born 26 October 1974 in Falun, Sweden. ... Mattias EkstrÃ¶m (born July 14, 1978 in Falun, Sweden) is a racing driver from Sweden. ... Ulf Stenlund (born January 21, 1967 in Falun) is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one single (1986, Palermo) and one double (1987, Bari) title during his professional career. ... BjÃ¶rn DixgÃ¥rd (born May 8, 1981 in Falun, Sweden) is a guitarist and vocalist of Swedish garage rock band Mando Diao, the name of which occurred to him in a dream and has no meaning. ...

See also

The first Biathlon World Championships (BWCH) was held in 1958, with individual (official) and relay (unofficial) contests for men. ... Thomas Quick (born Sture Bergwall 1950 in KorsnÃ¤s, Sweden) is an alleged serial killer, with over 30 murder confessions (although only eight convictions). ... Mattias Flink Mattias Flink (born March 8, 1970) is a Swedish mass murderer who killed 7 people on June 10, 1994. ... Falukorv Falukorv is a traditional Swedish sausage. ...

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World Heritage Sites in Sweden

Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland | Birka and Hovgården | Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå | Engelsberg Ironworks | High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (w/ Finland) | Karlskrona | Laponian Area | Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain, Falun | Rock Carvings in Tanum | Royal Domain of Drottningholm | Skogskyrkogården | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Varberg Radio Station | Visby Image File history File links Murkrona. ... Historically, the city status in Sweden, or stad, was granted through a Royal Charter. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Stora Alvaret on southeast of Ã–land with Eketorp Fortress in background. ... Location in Sweden During the Viking Age, Birka or Birca , on the island of BjÃ¶rkÃ¶ (also BierkÃ¸, literally: Birch Island) in Sweden, was an important trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as Central and Eastern Europe and the Orient. ... HovgÃ¥rden is an archaeological site on the island of AdelsÃ¶ in Lake MÃ¤laren in Sweden. ... Gammelstad Church Town Gammelstad Church Town (Swedish: ) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated near the city of LuleÃ¥, Sweden at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. ... Engelsberg Ironworks is a ironworks in Engelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in VÃ¤stmanland, Sweden. ... The High Coast (Swedish: HÃ¶ga Kusten) is a part of the Swedish coast on the Gulf of Bothnia, situated around Ã–rnskÃ¶ldsvik and notable as the type area for research on isostacy, the phenomenon having been first recognised and studied there. ... Kvarken (alt. ... Karlskrona is a city in south-eastern Sweden. ... The Laponian area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the province of Laponia in northern Sweden. ... Tanumshede (58. ... The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with SkogskyrkogÃ¥rden - The Woodland Cemetery. ... The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km. ... VLF transmitter Grimeton The Grimeton VLF transmitter is a VLF transmission facility near Grimeton close to Varberg in Sweden. ... Visby is the largest city on the Swedish island of Gotland;it is arguably the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia, and has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...

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