Norrland
Jämtland County
Strömsund Municipality

Yxskaftkälen

Yxskaftkälen is a village of , in northern . The name origins from the wood which was suitable for making handles to an axe. The village was founded in 1758. The population is 77.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: settlement in Strömsund Municipality,Sweden
  • Also known as: “Yxskaftkalen” and “Yyskaftkälen”

Yxskaftkälen

Latitude
63.78517° or 63° 47′ 7″ north
Longitude
15.21631° or 15° 12′ 59″ east
Elevation
376 metres (1,234 feet)
Open location code
9FMQQ6P8+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3270166205
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2661902
Wiki­data ID
Q2170088
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Yxskaftkälen” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Yxskaftkälen”
  • Dutch: “Yxskaftkälen”
  • French: “Yxskaftkälen”
  • Irish: “Yxskaftkälen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yxskaftkälen”
  • Swedish: “Yxskaftkälen”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yxskaftkälen”. Photo: Cucumber, CC BY-SA 3.0.