- Säter
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Säter
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 =Säter Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Dalarna County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 =Dalarna
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area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 3.78
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 4,438
population_density_km2 = 1175
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=60 |latm=21 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=15 |longm=45 |longs= |longEW=E
website =Säter is a town (pop. 4,500) in the Swedish province
Dalecarlia and the seat ofSäter Municipality ,Dalarna County .Säter is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a "city".
Statistics Sweden , however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.History
At the location was a royal mansion named Säter's Royal Mansion.
Sweden's first copper mint was built at the location in 1624, influenced by its proximity to the copper mountain at
Falun with its tannery that had been located to Säter a few years earlier.The town Säter was founded in 1630, and much of its old town today has still kept wooden houses and street structure from that time, which few Swedish cities have. One of the oldest houses is the city hall.
On
May 8 ,1642 the town was chartered by QueenChristina of Sweden , making it one of theCities in Sweden . The chosen coat of arms depicted a miner.Today
The Säter hospital was opened in 1912 and was at the time Sweden's largest
mental hospital . The serial killerThomas Quick was admitted there for a short while earning him the nickname "the Säter killer".Sister Cities
Joutseno ,Finland References
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