Norrland
Gävleborg County
Ockelbo Municipality

Ockelbo

Ockelbo is a locality and the seat of , , with 2,724 inhabitants in 2010. The name Ockelbo, spelled De oklabo in 1314, contains an old marine name *Ukle, referring to modern-day Lake Bysjön.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Wij valsverk, Ockelbo and Ockelbo kommun.

Museum
Photo: Bysmon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Library
Photo: Anders Hansson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a library.

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

Ockelbo

Latitude
60.8894° or 60° 53′ 22″ north
Longitude
16.7174° or 16° 43′ 3″ east
Population
2,720
Elevation
59 metres (194 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE OCK
Open location code
9FGRVPQ8+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 61100017
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2687517
Wiki­data ID
Q122378
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ockelbo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أوكلبو”
  • Bulgarian: “Окелбу”
  • Catalan: “Ockelbo”
  • Cebuano: “Ockelbo (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Ockelbo”
  • Chinese: “Ockelbo”
  • Chinese: “奥克尔布”
  • Chinese: “奧克爾布”
  • Danish: “Ockelbo”
  • Dutch: “Ockelbo”
  • Faroese: “Ockelbo”
  • Finnish: “Ockelbo”
  • French: “Ockelbo”
  • German: “Ockelbo”
  • Icelandic: “Ockelbo”
  • Irish: “Ockelbo”
  • Italian: “Ockelbo”
  • Ladin: “Ockelbo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ockelbo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ockelbo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ockelbo”
  • Norwegian: “Ockelbo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ockelbo”
  • Persian: “اوکلبو”
  • Polish: “Ockelbo”
  • Romanian: “Ockelbo”
  • Russian: “Оккельбу”
  • Slovenian: “Ockelbo”
  • Spanish: “Ockelbo”
  • Swedish: “Ockelbo”
  • Ukrainian: “Окельбу”

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