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.
Insjön | |
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 The Åhlens Pavilion which relocated to Insjön after the Baltic Exhibition | |
  Insjön  Insjön | |
| Coordinates: 60°41′N 15°06′E / 60.683°N 15.100°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Dalarna |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Municipality | Leksand Municipality |
| Area | |
| • 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 | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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