Yttermalung | |
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 The chapel in Yttermalung | |
  Yttermalung  Yttermalung | |
| Coordinates:60°35′N13°50′E / 60.583°N 13.833°E /60.583; 13.833 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Dalarna |
| County | Dalarna County |
| Municipality | Malung-Sälen Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.77 km2 (0.30 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 216 |
| • Density | 282/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Yttermalung is a village situated inMalung-Sälen Municipality,Dalarna County,Sweden with 216 inhabitants in 2005.[1]
The village has a church, Yttermalungs kapell. There has been a chapel or church in Yttermalung since the 16th century, and the current church building was built in the late 19th century.[2]
In 1974, the largest collection ofplate money in Sweden was found in Yttermalung. The collection consists of 240 plate coins, all in all weighing more than 234 kg.[3] According to local tradition, the plate coins had been hidden in the mid-18th century by a powerful woman in the village who had become rich by selling timber to thecopper mine in Falun, and who had died without telling anybody where she had hidden her riches.[4]
The Swedish politicianMarit Paulsen, who was aMember of the European Parliament, lived in Yttermalung.[5]
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