Norsjö (original) (raw)
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Place in Västerbotten, Sweden
| Norsjö | |
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 Norsjö Church in June 2012 |
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| Coordinates: 64°55′N 19°29′E / 64.917°N 19.483°E / 64.917; 19.483 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Västerbotten |
| County | Västerbotten County |
| Municipality | Norsjö Municipality |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,051 |
| • Density | 854/km2 (2,210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Norsjö (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnǔːrɧœ])[2] is a locality and the seat of Norsjö Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with 2,051 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is the birthplace of writer Torgny Lindgren, singer-actor-musician Tommy Körberg, and American author Charlotte Agell, who currently resides in Maine, United States.
Norsjö also plays a part in the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 18.