Hedemora

Hedemora lies in southern Dalarna, near the Dalälven and the mining country of Bergslagen. A market place for the surrounding agricultural and metal-producing districts, it was granted town privileges in the fifteenth century and became Dalarna's oldest town. Roads brought goods from farms and mines to its market, while the river and nearby lakes shaped the settlement's setting. Its church and town institutions gave the district a centre amid the forests and fields of the interior.