Osby
Sign in to saveOsby () is a locality and the seat of Osby Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 7,157 inhabitants in 2010 and 13,238 inhabitants in 2022. It is the birthplace of the toy manufacturer BRIO, whose museum, the BRIO Lekoseum, remains in the town.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Osby
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Osby kyrka.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Osby Church
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- Osby vapen.svg
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- Sweden Scania#Sweden#European Union
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
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- Municipality
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- Osby Municipality
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- County
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- Scania County
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- Province
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- Scania
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.27
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 7,157
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 866
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Osby
- Population
- 7754
- Area
- 962
- Image
- .00 1392 Lake "Osbysjön" near Øsby, Sweden.jpg
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Osby () is a locality and the seat of Osby Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 7,157 inhabitants in 2010 and 13,238 inhabitants in 2022. It is the birthplace of the toy manufacturer BRIO, whose museum, the BRIO Lekoseum, remains in the town.
Osby's history is tied to the arrival of the Southern Main Line railway in 1862. This development transformed Osby from a small farming village into a growing industrial hub, with sawmills, metal foundries, and other enterprises driving its expansion during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
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