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3 unusual facts about Västmanland


Johannes Gezelius the elder

Gezelius was a peasant's son from Västmanland, but was observed in childhood to have apparent gifts and was given a personal tutor, Boetius Murenius.

Västmanland

At the time it featured one fire mountain, to represent the mine of Sala Municipality.

Västerås is today also the largest city in the province, with 130,000 inhabitants in the municipality.


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Anders Hans Karlsson

Karlsson was born in Västerås, Sweden, and is the son of Hans Valter Karlsson (b. 1931) and Gunvor Agnes Matilda Kyller (b. 1938), and he grow up in the small town Hallstahammar, 2o km west of Västerås, in the province Västmanland.

David of Munktorp

The missionaries David, Eskil, and Botvid preached chiefly in Södermanland and Västmanland, in the area of Lake Mälaren.

Hammarskjöld family

A younger branch of the family has been partners and managing directors of Skultuna Messingbruk, a Swedish manufacturer of cuff links in Skultuna near Västerås in Västmanland, by intermarriage with the Adlerwald family.

Storå

Storå, Sweden, a village in Lindesberg municipality, Västmanland county, Sweden


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