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Country
  
Sweden

County
  
Gävleborg County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
7,065 (31 Dec 2010)

Province
  
Gästrikland

Municipality
  
Gävle Municipality

Area
  
8.24 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:27 AM

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Weather
  
5°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 92% Humidity

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Valbo is a locality situated in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 7,065 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated south-west of Gävle itself and could be considered a suburb of the city.

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Map of Valbo, Sweden

Valbo is known for the large shopping mall Valbo köpcentrum and for being the birthplace for the Nobel Prize laureate The (Theodor) Svedberg.

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Valbo parish

Valbo is also a parish within the Church of Sweden, which has 11,600 members in the town and surrounding area in the eastern part of Gävle Municipality.

Education

  • Sofiedalskolan (Sofiedal School) Is an upper (senior) level of compulsory school and it's located in the central parts of Valbo and it has around 550 students, The school also has an intermediate level and also the first three years of compulsory school for students.
  • Ludvigsbergsskolan (Ludvigsberg School) is located in the central parts of Valbo and it has the first three years of compulsory school for students and also an intermediate level. The school has around 400 students.
  • Alborga skola (Alborga School) is located in the north of Valbo and it has the first three years of compulsory school for students with about 100 students

    • Häcklingeskolan (Häcklinge School) was closed in 2005 and the students were transferred to the Sofiedal school

    Sports

    The following sports clubs are located in Valbo:

  • Valbo FF
  • Valbo AIF
  • Valbo IBF
  • Valbo HC

    • Notable people

  • Nicklas Bäckström - hockey player.
  • Andreas Dackell - hockey player.
  • Joa Elfsberg - hockey player.
  • Christian Lundeberg - Prime Minister of Sweden.
  • Jens Lundqvist - table tennis player.
  • The Svedberg - recipient of 1926 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

    • References

    Valbo Wikipedia
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