Kalvön
Kalvön is an islet in Västmanland County, Sweden. Kalvön is situated nearby to the hamlet Ängelsberg, as well as near Dunshammar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Västmanland County, Sweden
- Also known as: “Kalvon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Engelsbergs Ironworks and Engelsbergs oljefabrik.
Engelsbergs Ironworks
Museum
Photo: Godewind, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Engelsberg Ironworks is an ironworks in Ängelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. It was built in 1681 by Per Larsson Gyllenhöök and developed into one of the world's most modern ironworks in the period 1700–1800.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ängelsberg and Västervåla.
Ängelsberg
Hamlet
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ängelsberg is a village situated in Fagersta Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 144 inhabitants in 2005. It is famous for the Engelsberg Ironworks and the oldest preserved oil refinery in the world, Engelsberg Refinery.
Virsbo
Village
Photo: V-wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Virsbo is a locality situated in Surahammar Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 1,517 inhabitants in 2010. Virsbo is situated 9 km south of Kalvön.
Kalvön
- Categories: island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Västmanland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.94725° or 59° 56′ 50″ northLongitude
15.99788° or 15° 59′ 52″ eastElevation
97 metres (318 feet)Open location code
9FFQWXWX+V4OpenStreetMap ID
way 23192924OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2702149Wikidata ID
Q32262906
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian—“Kalvön” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kalvön”
- Norwegian: “Kalvön”
- Norwegian: “Kalvøn”
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