Malung | |
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 Central Malung | |
  Malung  Malung | |
| Coordinates:60°41′N13°44′E / 60.683°N 13.733°E /60.683; 13.733 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Dalarna |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Municipality | Malung-Sälen Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.39 km2 (3.63 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 5,126 |
| • Density | 546/km2 (1,410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Malung is alocality and the seat ofMalung-Sälen Municipality,Dalarna County,Sweden, with 5,126 inhabitants as of 2010.[1]
Malung is home to MalungsFolkhögskola, two kilometers south of the town centre. Specialized courses include folk music, dance, mountaineering, blacksmithing and health. Malung is also where the firstDreamHack[2] event took place.
In the 29th week of every year, Malung is host toSvenska dansbandsveckan, an annual dance festival that regularly brings over 3000caravans as well as more than 80 performing bands to the community. Every year around 50,000 tickets are sold.[3]
The oldest written source mentioning Malung is the Sverre Saga from the 13th Century. The mill wheel manufacturing in the area is supposed to be centuries older than that.
The history of Malung as a village or settlement precedes local recorded history. It is however mentioned in the 13:th century tale "Sverres saga" that the Norwegian kingSverre Sigurdsson rode through a town named "Molung" while passing through Jarnberaland(swe: järnbäraland, "iron-bearing land", modern dayDalarna) in the year 1177. The locals were described as friendly and helpful although heathen due to their belief inAesir faith orold Nordic religion.[4] This makes Malung the first settlement inDalarna to be recorded in text.[5]
In addition to the locality's own history one of severalmillstonequarries can be found approximately five kilometers south-east of thetown centre. The quarry is 1700 meters long, 50–170 meters wide and it has been active since the earlyViking Age based on findsdated to the later half of the eighth century. Millstones cut in this quarry has been found as far south asLund as well as inMälardalen, most parts ofSvealand and evenNorway. The quarry is a culture reserve as of 2003.[6]
In more recent history, Malung is known as theleather capital of Sweden, with its leather industry and several tanneries. Malung also has a proud and old tradition of so-called "skinners" or "skinnare": groups of leather merchants, tailors and tanners who would walk between villages to create and sell pelts, leather jackets and even shoes in exchange for accommodation and a modest pay.
Malung has a relatively moderatesubarctic climate not far belowcontinental. In comparison with areas further east in the county likeFalun, temperatures are generally chilly. Cold extremes in particular are very cold compared to elsewhere this far south in the country.
| Climate data for Malung (2002–2018; extremes since 1916) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 16.4 (61.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.4 (88.5) | 32.1 (89.8) | 27.0 (80.6) | 20.3 (68.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 32.1 (89.8) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) | 5.4 (41.7) | 11.3 (52.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 25.7 (78.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 14.9 (58.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 5.4 (41.7) | 28.6 (83.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −1.4 (29.5) | 3.4 (38.1) | 9.4 (48.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.0 (66.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 19.4 (66.9) | 14.9 (58.8) | 7.8 (46.0) | 2.3 (36.1) | −1.5 (29.3) | 8.9 (48.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) | −5.7 (21.7) | −2.0 (28.4) | 3.6 (38.5) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 3.8 (38.8) | −0.9 (30.4) | −5.3 (22.5) | 4.0 (39.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) | −10.0 (14.0) | −7.4 (18.7) | −2.2 (28.0) | 2.8 (37.0) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.5 (49.1) | 8.3 (46.9) | 4.5 (40.1) | −0.3 (31.5) | −4.0 (24.8) | −9.0 (15.8) | −1.0 (30.2) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −25.3 (−13.5) | −24.1 (−11.4) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −9.8 (14.4) | −4.4 (24.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | 3.3 (37.9) | 0.9 (33.6) | −3.6 (25.5) | −10.2 (13.6) | −15.8 (3.6) | −21.7 (−7.1) | −28.3 (−18.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −39.3 (−38.7) | −39.4 (−38.9) | −35.6 (−32.1) | −27.0 (−16.6) | −12.4 (9.7) | −5.4 (22.3) | −1.7 (28.9) | −3.2 (26.2) | −10.2 (13.6) | −21.7 (−7.1) | −34.0 (−29.2) | −38.0 (−36.4) | −39.4 (−38.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 61.8 (2.43) | 39.1 (1.54) | 34.8 (1.37) | 38.0 (1.50) | 68.9 (2.71) | 78.5 (3.09) | 93.8 (3.69) | 101.3 (3.99) | 56.0 (2.20) | 65.3 (2.57) | 59.5 (2.34) | 51.5 (2.03) | 748.5 (29.46) |
| Source 1: SMHI Open Data[7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SMHI climate data 2002–2018[8] | |||||||||||||
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