Malung Municipality
Malung Municipality is a
municipality in
Dalarna County in central
Sweden. Its seat is in the town
Malung with 6,000 inhabitants.
The terrain in the area is largely submontane, with plenty of
bog and
forest. The
Transtrandsfjällen in the north are the southernmost
mountains in Sweden, marking the start of the
Scandinavian mountain range. Rocks are mostly
metamorphic and
sedimentary, with occurrences of
basalt. Most settlements are located in and around the valley of
Västerdalälven.
The municipal population was around 13,000 in the
1960s, but has decreased continually since then.
The villages in the municipality, with population figures from
1993, are:
*
Lima, Sweden (700)
*
Limedsforsen (920)
* Malung (municipal centre) (6,230)
*
Malungsfors (740)
*
Sälen (530) - Is a nationally renowned skiing resort.
*
Transtrand (530)
*
Yttermalung (740)
*
Öje (290)
Malung has a
Folk high school, specialized in
folk music and
folk dance. One notable former music student is
Emma Härdelin.
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Malung Court District*
Malung - Official site
*
Statistics (in
Swedish)
*
Malungs Folkhögskola*
Jonell-Ericsson, Britta (1987). Skinnare i Malung.
