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Åmmeberg
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Åmmeberg

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thumb | right | alt=Dance around the maypole during the Midsummer celebration, in Åmmeberg, Sweden. | Dance around the maypole during the Midsummer celebration, in Åmmeberg, Sweden. Åmmeberg is a locality situated in Askersund Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 590 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated at an estuary by a fjord of lake Vättern. It existed as early as the 12th century and had a mill owned by the convent in Riseberga. It was the regional centre of trade until the founding of Askersund.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Åmmeberg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Sweden Örebro#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Askersund Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Örebro County
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Närke
Settlement.area_total_km2
2.12
Settlement.population_as_of
31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total
590
Settlement.population_density_km2
279
Settlement.timezone
CET
Settlement.utc_offset
+1
Settlement.timezone_DST
CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+2

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thumb | right | alt=Dance around the maypole during the Midsummer celebration, in Åmmeberg, Sweden. | Dance around the maypole during the Midsummer celebration, in Åmmeberg, Sweden. Åmmeberg is a locality situated in Askersund Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 590 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated at an estuary by a fjord of lake Vättern. It existed as early as the 12th century and had a mill owned by the convent in Riseberga. It was the regional centre of trade until the founding of Askersund.

The first Swedish female aviator, Elsa Andersson, died at age 24 outside Åmmeberg during a parachute jump 22 January 1922 (her third ever).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Åmmeberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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