Skansen

Skansen is a hamlet in , . Skansen is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the neighborhood .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Älvkarleby Church and Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Station.

Church
Photo: Svens Welt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Power station
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Älvkarleby Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant with 5 Francis turbines at , . It was built in 1911. From 1988 to 1991 a new power plant with a single Francis turbine was added, increasing its generation power from 70 MW to 126 MW.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Älvkarleby and Skutskär.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and municipality at the northern edge of , where Dalälven reaches the Baltic Sea, between and .

Town
Photo: Svens Welt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of in , with 6,075 inhabitants in 2010. According to the census of 2000 6,003 people lived in , most of them in Älvkarleby Municipality, but a minor part in in . is situated 7 km north of Skansen.

Village
is a locality situated in , , with 352 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 8 km northeast of Skansen.

Skansen

Latitude
60.57718° or 60° 34′ 38″ north
Longitude
17.44271° or 17° 26′ 34″ east
Open location code
9FGVHCGV+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7424384261
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
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