Norsjö

Place in Västerbotten, Sweden
64°55′N 19°29′E / 64.917°N 19.483°E / 64.917; 19.483CountrySwedenProvinceVästerbottenCountyVästerbotten CountyMunicipalityNorsjö MunicipalityArea • Total2.40 km2 (0.93 sq mi)Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total2,051 • Density854/km2 (2,210/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Norsjö (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnǔːrɧœ])[2] is a locality and the seat of Norsjö Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden, with 2,051 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is the birthplace of writer Torgny Lindgren, singer-actor-musician Tommy Körberg, and American author Charlotte Agell, who currently resides in Maine, United States.

Norsjö also plays a part in the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 18.

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