Mora, Sweden
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Mora Municipality |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Province | Dalarna |
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| - Total | 12.35 km² (4.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 10,940 |
| - Density | 886/km² (2,294.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Mora is a town (pop. 11,000) in Dalecarlia, Sweden and the seat of Mora Municipality, Dalarna County.
The town is located on the northern shore of lake Siljan. The northern part of the municipality marks the beginning of the Scandinavian mountain range.
The house where Swedish painter Anders Zorn was born in 1860 is in Mora and is open to the public. A modern museum containing many of his works of art has been built next door.
Mora is also known as the town of the finish of the Vasaloppet, an enduring 90 kilometers cross country skiing event, with more than 48,000 annual participants in all the skiing events throughout the Vasaloppetweek. The event is held in honour of the King Gustav Vasa, who in the 16th century, who is said to have skied between Mora and the Sälen on route to Norway whilst escaping the Danes. The story claims that two brothers from Mora caught up with the King in Sälen and told him his people would now fight with him. He returned and drove the Danes out of Sweden.
A famous cycling event, the VasaTrampet is a summer version of the Vasaloppet with its start and finish in Mora.
The town of Mora is well known around the world for its excellent, yet inexpensive, knives.
Mora as a municipality never got the title of a city (stad) before the local government reform of 1971, but as the population exceeds 10,000 the locality is today counted as a city by Statistics Sweden.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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