Klippan
Klippan Train Station
Klippan Train Station
Coat of arms of Klippan
Klippan is located in Skåne
Klippan
Klippan
Klippan is located in Sweden
Klippan
Klippan
Coordinates: 56°08′04″N 13°07′42″E / 56.13444°N 13.12833°E / 56.13444; 13.12833
CountrySweden
ProvinceSkåne
CountySkåne County
MunicipalityKlippan Municipality
Area
  Total5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
  Total8,116
  Density1,623/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Klippan (literally the Cliff) is a locality and the seat of Klippan Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 8,116 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

The famous liberal economist Bertil Ohlin was a native of Klippan. On September 1995, a young man named Gerard Gbeyo had been murdered by 2 Nazi sympathizers.[2]

Klippan is known to be the home town of Möder the Jötunn, and the place it takes its prey to feast.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Klippan:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.
  2. https://bra.se/download/18.cba82f7130f475a2f1800028346/1371914734873/2000_manifestations_of_racism.pdf
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