Yttermalung is a village situated in Malung-Sälen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 216 inhabitants in 2005.[1]
Yttermalung | |
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 The chapel in Yttermalung | |
  Yttermalung  Yttermalung | |
| Coordinates: 60°35′N 13°50′E / 60.583°N 13.833°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Dalarna |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Municipality | Malung-Sälen Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 216 |
| • Density | 282/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
The village has a church, Yttermalungs kapell. There has been a chapel or church in Yttermalung since the 16th century, and the current church building was built in the late 19th century.[2]
In 1974, the largest collection of plate money in Sweden was found in Yttermalung. The collection consists of 240 plate coins, all in all weighing more than 234 kg.[3] According to local tradition, the plate coins had been hidden in the mid-18th century by a powerful woman in the village who had become rich by selling timber to the copper mine in Falun, and who had died without telling anybody where she had hidden her riches.[4]
The Swedish politician Marit Paulsen, who was a Member of the European Parliament, lived in Yttermalung.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005" (xls) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ "Yttermalungs kapell". Church of Sweden, Diocese of Västerås. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ Kristensson, Peter (6 April 2008). "Världens största mynt". svenskhistoria.se. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ Mojanis, Anders (4 April 2008). "Myntskatt från Yttermalung". Dalarnas Tidningar. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Veckans lantis: Marit Paulsen". Dagens Nyheter. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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