Osby | |
|---|---|
 Osby Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Osby  Osby  Osby | |
| Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Scania |
| County | Scania County |
| Municipality | Osby Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.27 km2 (3.19 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,157 |
| • Density | 866/km2 (2,240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 19.