Grangärde

Grangärde is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 351 inhabitants in 2010.

Grangärde
Grangärde church
Grangärde
Grangärde
Coordinates: 60°16′N 14°59′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceDalarna
CountyDalarna County
MunicipalityLudvika Municipality
Area
  Total0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)
  Total351
  Density519/km2 (1,340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Grangärde Court District, or Grangärde tingslag, was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of the rural areas in Dalarna, except for one district that was a hundred (härad). The entire province had once been a single hundred, called Dala hundare.

Heavy metal musician, Peter Tägtgren, was born in Grangärde.

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