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Country
  
Sweden

County
  
Gävleborg County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
11,761 (31 Dec 2010)

Province
  
Hälsingland

Municipality
  
Söderhamn Municipality

Area
  
10.36 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:36 PM

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind SW at 24 km/h, 50% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Oscarsborg - Söderhamn, Kvarnen - Söderhamn, Faxeholmen

Beautiful florsj lake view mohed s derhamn sweden


Söderhamn is a locality and the seat of Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 11,761 inhabitants in 2010.

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Map of S%C3%B6derhamn, Sweden

The most popular tourist attraction is Oskarsborg, a tower built in 1895 on the top of a hill close to the town centre. The tower was built as a memorial of a visit of king Oscar II of Sweden. The king actually never visited Söderhamn.

Unemployment

In October 2012, under a scheme organised by the local authorities of Söderhamn and Sweden's national employment office, anyone aged 18–28 can be paid to find a job in Oslo, in an attempt to reduce youth unemployment. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, project manager Magus Nilsen said: "Going to Norway to find work has always been quite popular with young people, but sometimes they want to go but don't know how to find a job or accommodation so we thought we'd give them a bit of help with both." Those who choose to sign up are given a free ticket to the Norwegian capital, while also being put up in a youth hostel for a month as they search for employment.

Sports

The biggest sport is bandy. Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy play in the highest division Elitserien. Many in high positions, like coach of the national team or member of the Federation of International Bandy board, have come from Söderhamn, like the current Secretary General Bo Nyman.

Söderhamns FF and Stugsunds IK are the local football clubs.

Notable Residents

Safin Taki, film produccer, director and cinematographer who grew up in Söderhamn

References

Söderhamn Wikipedia


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