Sandviken

Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey to Stockholm takes about 1.5 hours and to Arlanda, Sweden's main international airport, around an hour.

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Sandviken is a Swedish locality of about 26,400 people located roughly 25 kilometers west of the city of Gävle in Gävleborg County. It matters as a regional hub with good transport connections, sitting about 1.5 hours by rail from Stockholm and an hour from Sweden's main international airport.

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Settlement.official_name: Sandviken
Settlement.image_skyline: Sandviken_centre.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Central Sandviken
Settlement.image_blank_emblem: Sandviken vapen.svg
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Coat of arms
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Sandviken Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gävleborg County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gästrikland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 16.8
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2020
Settlement.population_total: 25,344 (Urban Areas)
Settlement.population_density_km2: 15.08

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Sandviken
Population: 24827
Area: 1744
Official website: sandviken.se
Image: Sandviken centre.jpg

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Sandviken is the home town of the major high-technology Swedish engineering concern Sandvik and the main office of the company was located in Sandviken until January 2012 when it was moved to Stockholm.