Sandviken Municipality

Sandviken Municipality (Sandvikens kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is the town of Sandviken.

Sandviken Municipality
Sandvikens kommun
Municipality
Sandviken Railway Station
Sandviken Railway Station
Coat of arms of Sandviken Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°37′N 16°47′E
CountrySweden
CountyGävleborg County
SeatSandviken
Area
[1]
 • Total1,297.07 km2 (500.80 sq mi)
 • Land1,166.4 km2 (450.3 sq mi)
 • Water130.67 km2 (50.45 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total39,250
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceGästrikland
Municipal code2181
Websitewww.sandviken.se

The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Sandviken (itself instituted in 1943) with a number of surrounding rural municipalities.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was granted to the then City of Sandviken upon its institution in 1943. The device in the middle is a steam hammer. After the municipality reform of 1971 the arms was taken over by the new, larger, entity.

Name

Sandviken means "sandy bay". There are numerous other places by that name throughout Scandinavia.

Sports

Sandviken Municipality was one of the co-arrangers of the 2017 Bandy World Championship, which was held in Göransson Arena, a municipality owned bandy arena in Sandviken.[3]

See also
  • Sandvik - engineering company founded in Sandviken

References
  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. "Bandy-VM 2017 till Sandviken" (in Swedish). Sandviken Municipality. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.


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