Skultuna

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Skultuna
Skultuna (Sweden)
Skultuna
Skultuna
Coordinates: 59°43′N 16°25′E / 59.717, 16.417
Country Sweden
Municipality Västerås Municipality
County Västmanland County
Province Västmanland
Area [1]
 - Total 2.14 km² (0.8 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
 - Total 3,249
 - Density 1,519/km² (3,934.2/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Skultuna is an industrial town (pop. 3,299) in Västerås Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden, approximately 10 kilometres north of the city Västerås.

Skultuna is, in fact, Sweden's oldest industry and has an early 17th century brassworks, Skultuna mässingsbruk, and also a high number of runestones.

Skultuna was also the birthplace of the author and songwriter, Julia Nyberg (1784-1854).

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  1. ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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Coordinates: 59°43′N, 16°25′E