Säter
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Säter Municipality |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Province | Dalarna |
| Area [1] | |
| - Total | 3.78 km² (1.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 4,438 |
| - Density | 1,175/km² (3,043.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Säter is a town (pop. 4,500) in the Swedish province Dalecarlia and the seat of Säter Municipality, Dalarna County.
Säter is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.
[edit] History
At the location was a royal mansion named Säter's Royal Mansion.
Sweden's first copper mint was built at the location in 1624, influenced by its proximity to the copper mountain at Falun with its tannery that had been located to Säter a few years earlier.
The town Säter was founded in 1630, and much of its old town today has still kept wooden houses and street structure from that time, which few Swedish cities have. One of the oldest houses is the city hall.
On May 8, 1642 the town was chartered by Queen Christina of Sweden, making it one of the Cities in Sweden. The chosen coat of arms depicted a miner.
[edit] Today
The Säter hospital was opened in 1912 and was at the time Sweden's largest mental hospital. The serial killer Thomas Quick was admitted there for a short while earning him the nickname "the Säter killer".
[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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Säter is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. |
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