Sandviken | |
|---|---|
 Central Sandviken | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Sandviken  Sandviken | |
| Coordinates: 60°37′N 16°47′E / 60.617°N 16.783°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Gästrikland |
| County | Gävleborg County |
| Municipality | Sandviken Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2020)[1] | |
• Total | 25,344 (Urban Areas) |
| • Density | 15.08/km2 (39.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | http://www.sandviken.se/ |
Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023.[2] It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey to Stockholm takes about 1.5 hours and to Arlanda, Sweden's main international airport, around an hour.
Sandviken is the home town of the major high-technology Swedish engineering concern Sandvik and the main office of the company was located in Sandviken until January 2012 when it was moved to Stockholm.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Fakta - statistik, undersökningar och jämförelser". sandviken.se (in Swedish). 31 December 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-20.