Malung, located in Dalarna, Sweden

Malung is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden.

Nature and geography

The municipality covers an area of 4106.5 km². The terrain in the area is largely submontane, with plenty of bog and forest. The Transtrandsfjällen in the north are the southernmost mountains in Sweden. Rocks are mostly metamorphic and sedimentary, with occurrences of basalt. Most settlements are located in and around the valley of Västerdalälven.

Centre of Malung

Population and villages

Of the total population of 10538 (as of 2003), 5366 are male and 5172 are female. The population density is 2.6 inhabitants per km². The population was approximately 13000 in the 1960s and has decreased continually since that.

The villages in the municipality, with population figures from 1993, are:

• Lima (700)
• Limedsforsen (920)
• Malung (municipal centre) (6230)
• Malungsfors (740)
• Sälen (530)
• Transtrand (530)
• Yttermalung (740)
• Öje (290)

Culture and institutions

• Malung has a folkhögskola, specialized in folk music and folk dance. One notable former music student is Emma Härdelin.

See also

• Malung Court District

External links

• Malung (http://www.malung.se) - Official site
• Statistics (http://www.malung.se/kommunfakta/kommunfakta.html) (in Swedish)
• Malungs Folkhögskola (http://www.malungsfolkhogskola.com/)
• Jonell-Ericsson, Britta (1987). Skinnare i Malung. (http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-2261)