Söderhamn
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Place in Hälsingland, Sweden
61°18′N 17°05′E / 61.300°N 17.083°E / 61.300; 17.083[1]
(31 December 2010)[1]
Söderhamn is a locality and the seat of Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 11,761 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Sports
The biggest local sport is bandy. Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy play in the highest division Elitserien and have become Swedish champions five times. In October 2017 the indoor venue Helsingehus Arena was inaugurated.[2] The coach of the national bandy team and members of the Federation of International Bandy board, such as the current Secretary General Bo Nyman, have come from Söderhamn.[3]
Söderhamns FF and Stugsunds IK are the local football clubs.
Notable residents
- Safin Taki, film producer, director and cinematographer who grew up in Söderhamn.
- Jan Johansson, jazz musician and pianist who was born in Söderhamn.
Gallery
- Söderhamn circa 1700, from Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna.
- Stefan Karlsson plays in the Swedish bandy team, and coaches; he is also the champion for three clubs: local Broberg, IF Boltic and Vetlanda BK.[4]
- Anders Truedsson Selander & family in Söderhamn c 1916, seated for a fika (coffee drinking)
References
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Helsingehus Arena
- ^ "Federation of International Bandy". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Stefan Karlsson".
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Söderhamn.
- "Söderhamn" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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