Insjön

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Insjön
Insjön
Coordinates: 60°41′N 15°06′E / 60.683°N 15.100°E / 60.683; 15.100Coordinates: 60°41′N 15°06′E / 60.683°N 15.100°E / 60.683; 15.100
Country Sweden
Province Dalarna
County Dalarna County
Municipality Leksand Municipality
Area[1]
  Total 3.48 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
  Total 2,149
  Density 618/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Insjön is a locality situated in Leksand Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 2,149 inhabitants in 2010.[1] In 1899 Åhléns started out as the mail order business Åhlén & Holm. 19 years later, in 1918, the mail order firm Clas Ohlson was founded in Insjön. The sawmill Bergkvist sågen was also founded here.

The Åhlens Pavilion which relocated to Insjon after the Baltic Exhibition

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012. 


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