Ockelbo

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Ockelbo
Ockelbo railway station
Ockelbo railway station
Ockelbo (Sweden)
Ockelbo
Ockelbo
Coordinates: 60°53′N 16°43′E / 60.883, 16.717
Country Sweden
Municipality Ockelbo Municipality
County Gävleborg County
Province Gästrikland
Area [1]
 - Total 4.16 km² (1.6 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
 - Total 2,709
 - Density 651/km² (1,686.1/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Ockelbo is a town (pop. 6500) in Gästrikland, Sweden and the seat of Ockelbo Municipality, Gävleborg County.

Ockelbo is mostly famous for its basketball team, the annual summer and winter market and the rose gardens. Ockelbo is also famous for Ockelbo-Lundgren. Ockelbo is also where Daniel Westling, partner of Crown Princess Victoria, grew up. Another Ockelbo native is Svante Stockselius, the executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Coordinates: 60°53′N, 16°43′E

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