Falun 1021806 222253045 2008-06-28T10:12:18Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[ja:ファールン]] {{Infobox Settlement |official_name = Falun |image_skyline = Stora Torget Falun.jpg |image_caption = Stora torget, the Great Square in central Falun |image_shield = Falun vapen.svg |pushpin_map = Sweden |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Sweden]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Falun Municipality]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Sweden|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Dalarna County]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Dalarna]] |established_title3 = [[City status in Sweden|Charter]] |established_date3 = 1641 |area_footnotes = <ref name="scb">{{cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2000 och 2005 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 26.40 |population_as_of = 2005-12-31 |population_footnotes = <ref name="scb"/> |population_total = 36,447 |population_density_km2 = 1380 |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |latd=60 |latm=36 |lats= |latNS=N |longd=15 |longm=38 |longs= |longEW=E |website = }} {{Infobox World Heritage Site | WHS = Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun | Image = [[Image:Stora stöten.jpg|300px|The Copper Mine in Falun, the Great Pit]] | State Party = {{SWE}} | Type = Cultural | Criteria = ii, iii, v | ID = 1027 | Region = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|Europe and North America]] | Year = 2001 | Session = 25th | Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1027 }} [[Image:Falun in Sweden.png|thumb|180px|right|Falun in Sweden]] {{About||the spiritual practice|Falun Gong|the community in the United States|Falun, Kansas}} '''Falun''' ({{pronounced|ˈfɑːlʉn}}) is a [[Cities in Sweden|city]] in [[Dalarna]], central [[Sweden]], the seat of [[Falun Municipality]] and the capital of [[Dalarna County]]. The city is the home of 36,500 of the municipality's 55,000 inhabitants Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with close to 100,000 inhabitants. Falun is still today an important service and industrial city even though the mine is closed (since 1992). == History == The town of Falun is known to have existed in the 14th century as a market place for the surrounding lands. Mining for copper had been a local business since the mid-1200s and the organisation for the extracting of copper and gold from the Great Copper Mountain ([[Stora Kopparberg]]) is believed to be the oldest still existing enterprise in the world, proved active since [[1347]], when its charter was granted by King [[Magnus IV of Sweden]]. The first share in the company is dated as early as 1288. However, one has to remember that an enterprise at that time was nothing more than a cooperation among the owners, each contributing with a share of money for constructions, tools, etc. necessary to run the organisation. And depending on the contribution they could utilise the facilities and share the profit equal to the relative share they contributed with. The city of Falun received its privileges in 1641. By then Falun was already one of the largest cities in Sweden. Falun is located in the [[Bergslagen]] district, and the mining area of the [[Stora Kopparberg | Great Copper Mountain]] in Falun has been declared a [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. [[Stora Kopparberg]] (''Great Copper Mountain''), which also was the name of the mining company of Falun, is today a part of [[Stora Enso]]. == Today == For education, the city holds part of the [[University College of Dalarna]] (''Högskolan Dalarna''). In sports, Falun hosts the annual [[Swedish Ski Games]] at its skiing arena [[Lugnet, Falun]]. The city's most successful sport team is the [[bandy]] team Falu BS which has played in the Swedish top division for many years. Also, IBF Falun, the [[floorball]] team, have been very successful on both the male and female side. [[Lugnet, Falun]] Stadion has also hosted the [[FIS Nordic World Ski Championships]] three times: [[1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1954]], [[1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1974]], and most recently in [[1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships|1993]]. The city lost out to [[Calgary]], [[Canada]] in [[1981]] for the [[1988 Winter Olympics]]. Again, Falun applied for the [[1992 Winter Olympics]] but lost out to [[Albertville]], France in [[1986]]. The city lost despite the best efforts of one of [[ABBA]]'s singers who recorded a single in support of the bid. Falun is the hometown of The Battle, one of the world's most famous snowboard competitions. [[Iron]] and [[Copper]] byproducts from the mine are still used as a paint ingredient, in the production of the nationally well known and culturally important [[Falu Red]] paint, particularly used for wooden houses. == Natives from Falun == * [[Georg Stiernhielm]], civil servant, linguist and poet * [[Ferdinand Boberg]], architect * [[Ernst Rolf]], actor and singer * [[Mattias Flink]], Mass murderer * [[Thomas Quick]], Mass murderer * [[Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh]], palaeontologist * [[Putte Wickman]], jazz clarinetist * [[Tomas Jonsson]], ice hockey player * [[Susanna Kallur]], Athlete holding the world indoor record on 60 m hurdles * [[Jenny Kallur]], Athlete, Susanna's sister * [[Maria Hjorth]], golfer * [[Marcus Ljungqvist]], road bicycle racer * [[Mattias Ekström]], racing driver * [[Ulf Stenlund]], tennis player * [[Björn Dixgård]], musician * [[Sabaton]], Heavy Metal band == See also == *[[Biathlon World Championships]] *[[Thomas Quick]] *[[Mattias Flink]] *[[Falukorv]] *[[Sabaton]] == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{Commonscat}} *[http://www.falun.se/ Falun] - Official site *[http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1027 World Heritage profile] {{Cities in Sweden}} {{Localities in Falun Municipality}} {{coor title dm|60|36|N|15|38|E|region:SE_type:city}} {{World Heritage Sites in Sweden}} [[Category:Cities in Sweden]] [[Category:Dalarna County]] [[Category:World Heritage Sites in Sweden]] [[Category:Swedish municipal seats]] [[cs:Falun]] [[da:Falun]] [[de:Falun]] [[et:Falun]] [[es:Falun]] [[fr:Falun]] [[id:Falun]] [[it:Falun]] [[ku:Falun]] [[la:Falunga]] [[lt:Faliunas]] [[nl:Falun]] [[ja:ファールン]] [[no:Falun]] [[nn:Falun]] [[pl:Falun]] [[pt:Falun]] [[ro:Falun]] [[ru:Фалун]] [[sk:Falun]] [[fi:Falun]] [[sv:Falun]] [[vo:Falun]] [[zh:法倫]]