Norberg
Sign in to saveNorberg () is a locality and the seat of Norberg Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 4,518 inhabitants in 2010. Best known for the Norbergfestival which is Scandinavias biggest electronic music festival, organized in an old iron ore mine. Norberg consists of two large parts, the actual Norberg in the south and Kärrgruvan (Marsh Mine) in the north, along with smaller settlements scattered around the area.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Norberg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Elsa Andersons konditori Norberg 2017.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Elsa Andersons konditori in Norberg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Västmanland#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Norberg Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Västmanland County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Västmanland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.09
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 6,969
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 690
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban area in Sweden
- Official name
- Norberg
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 4387
- Area
- 744
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Norberg Municipality
- Official website
- www.norberg.se
- Image
- Elsa Andersons konditori Norberg 2017.jpg
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Norberg () is a locality and the seat of Norberg Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 4,518 inhabitants in 2010. Best known for the Norbergfestival which is Scandinavias biggest electronic music festival, organized in an old iron ore mine. Norberg consists of two large parts, the actual Norberg in the south and Kärrgruvan (Marsh Mine) in the north, along with smaller settlements scattered around the area.
==History== Iron-making in Norberg can be traced back to the 6th century, but the area has been populated since the Nordic Stone Age.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Norberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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