Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County , Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey to Stockholm takes about 1.5 hours and to Arlanda, Sweden's main international airport, around an hour.
11-472: Gysinge is a town in the municipality of Sandviken in the county of Gävleborg , Sweden . There are actually two localities: Gysinge (northern part) with 123 inhabitants and Gysinge (southern part) with 174 inhabitants. The history of Gysinge is closely linked with that of the Gysinge forge (Gysinge bruk). It is also the main entry point to Färnebofjärden National Park, established in 1998. The Gysinge forge
22-600: Is home to a number of cultural activities: Kulturskolan means "the culture school" (extramural music, dance and drama training), Sandviken Big Band, Sandviken Symphonic Orchestra and many musicians in the region. Sandvikens Art Gallery shows throughout the year various interesting exhibitions. Amongst the many popular tourist attractions in the municipality, the following merit special mention: the attractive old, carefully restored industrial villages in Gysinge and Högbo Bruk with their forges and smithies, handicraft, manor houses and possibilities they offer for outdoor recreation. During
33-651: The Sandvik AB ironworks. In 1900, Sandviken was one of Sweden's three largest ironworks, and had around 2,000 employees. Sandvikens AIK have become Swedish bandy champions several times. From the season 2009-10, they play indoors in Göransson Arena . This arena was the Division A venue for the 2017 Bandy World Championship . Sandviken also hosts the World Cup , in which the home team in 2017 won for
44-464: The 19th century, Michael Benedicks bought the forge, which then experienced a golden age under his direction and that of his descendants, becoming one of the most important forges in the country. At the end of the century, the Lancashire method was used. When this method began to decline, the engineer F. A. Kjellin developed an induction furnace, which thus became in 1900 the first electric furnace in
55-482: The city of Örebro and Gävle, and Route 272 ( länsväg 272 ), colloquially known as "Högbovägen", connects Sandviken to the smaller village of Högbo. The city extends to the south along Route 272 until it meets Storsjön , where the road creates a causeway across the lake. Sandviken airport, although closer to the town of Valbo , serves the air travel needs for Sandviken, as well nearby Gävle . Kim K%C3%A4llstr%C3%B6m Too Many Requests If you report this error to
66-465: The end of the 1670s, Anders Larsson Höök became co-owner of the forge. In 1677, Anders Larsson Höök received from the king the right to exploit the Dannemora mine as well as the woods around the forge, and soon after the forge received the right to produce wrought iron. The iron produced was of high quality and was in great demand abroad. The forge was enlarged several times during the 18th century. In
77-616: The first time on home ice (and the first time at all ever since 2002). Football clubs located in Sandviken are Sandvikens IF who play in Division 1 Norra and Sandvikens AIK FK who play in Division 3 Södra Norrland. Their Jernvallen stadium was a venue of the 1958 FIFA World Cup , making Sandviken the northernmost city to host the tournament. Sandviken is the birthplace of footballer Kim Källström and alpine ski racer Sara Hector . There are multiple buses running in Sandviken,
88-525: The main ones being the 11 ( Säljan ), 13 ( Vallhov-Norrsätra ) and 14 ( Björksätra ). The buses, with the exception of 11, run on a half-hourly traffic schedule on the weekdays, and on an hourly traffic schedule during holidays and weekends. Bus 11 always runs on an hourly traffic schedule. Sandviken used to be connected to Gävle via Route 80 ( riksväg 80 ), but has since been replaced with the European route E16 . Route 68 ( riksväg 68 ) connects Sandviken with
99-457: The winter months the downhill skiing facilities and the Snowpark at Kungsberget attract many visitors. Sweden's first Mandaean place of worship, or mandi , was consecrated in Sandviken in 2003. Sandviken hosted the 2023 Women World Curling Championship , being the first Swedish city to host it since Gävle in 2004. Sandviken was founded in 1862 in connection with the construction of
110-420: The world. In 1903 the forge was sold to Stora AB and was shut down. 60°17′21″N 16°53′07″E / 60.28917°N 16.88528°E / 60.28917; 16.88528 Sandviken Sandviken is the home town of the major high-technology Swedish engineering concern Sandvik and the main office of the company was located in Sandviken until January 2012 when it was moved to Stockholm. Sandviken
121-475: Was founded in 1668, when Peder Swensson received on April 29 the privileges to create a blast furnace. Access to energy from the river as well as to wood made this site, which had previously been used as a summer pasture site for the villagers of Klappsta, a particularly favorable location. The first blast furnace was built in 1670 on what is now hyttbacken, and production of materials for the Swedish army began. At
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