Country Sweden County Skåne County Area 245 ha Local time Monday 10:38 AM | Province Skåne Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 4,227 (31 Dec 2010) | |
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Municipality Höganäs Municipality and
Helsingborg Municipality Weather 7°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
Viken is a bimunicipal locality situated in Höganäs Municipality and Helsingborg Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 4,227 inhabitants in 2010. It has a surface area of 224 hectares. 223 of these are in the Höganäs municipality.
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Map of 260 40 Viken, Sweden
Well known for its harbour, the village has a long history of seafaring and fishing. It is also known for the distinctive, mostly yellow, seaside cabins lining its public beach.
Viken is known to have been the home of billionaire Carl-Eric Björkegren, who disappeared without a trace in 1994. Theories vary in terms of what happened. In 2005, he was declared dead by the Stockholm District Court.
The creator of the Swedish comic character Bamse lived and died in Viken.
Etymology
Viken is the definite form (the noun + the definite suffix -en) of the Old Norse word vík meaning an inlet or creek (UK).