Osby

Osby
Osby Church
Osby Church
Coat of arms of Osby
Osby is located in Scania
Osby
Osby
Osby is located in Sweden
Osby
Osby
Osby is located in European Union
Osby
Osby
Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E / 56.367; 13.983
CountrySweden
ProvinceScania
CountyScania County
MunicipalityOsby Municipality
Area
 • Total8.27 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total7,157
 • Density866/km2 (2,240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Osby (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈûːsbʏ])[2] is a locality and the seat of Osby Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 7,157 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Swedish ice hockey goaltender Magnus Åkerlund was born in Osby.

The toy manufacturer BRIO was based in Osby, but moved to Malmö in 2006. The company's toy museum, the BRIO Lekoseum, remains in Osby.

  1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 19.