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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Hedemora
|image_skyline          = Hedemora från ovan.JPG
|image_caption          = September 2007 aerial view of Hedemora
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Dalarna#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = 
|subdivision_type       = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = {{SWE}}
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Hedemora Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Dalarna County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Dalarna]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 6.12
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 7,273 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 1189
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|60|16|37|N|15|59|14|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                = 
}}
'''Hedemora''' is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|town]] in [[Dalarna County]] and the seat of [[Hedemora Municipality]], [[Sweden]], with 7,273 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

Despite its small population, Hedemora is for historical reasons normally still referred to as a [[Stad (Sweden)|''city'']], and as such the oldest in the county.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} 

[[Jonas Nilsson]] comes from Hedemora, as well as [[Kerstin Thorborg]], [[Martin Matsbo]], Edvin Anger, [[Bertil Norman]] and [[Ulf Stenlund]]. The [[diesel engine]]s from [[Hedemora Diesel]] can be found in many ships built by [[Kockums]], such as {{HSwMS|Orion|A201|6}}, the [[Collins class submarine]]s in the [[Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service]] and the [[Archer class submarine]]s in the [[Republic of Singapore Navy]].

Hedemora is the home of [[Clifftop Games]], an independent game developer whose published works include [[Kathy Rain]] and [[Whispers of a Machine]], and also of Killmonday Games, the independent game developer that produced the games [[Fran Bow]] and [[Little Misfortune]].

== History ==
[[Image:Suecia 2-045 ; Hedemora.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Hedemora around 1700, in the work [[Suecia antiqua et hodierna]].]]
The town Hedemora was [[charter]]ed in 1446, which means it is the oldest and only medieval town in [[Dalarna]].{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

In 1754 and 1849 the town was severely hit by fire. The fire in 1754 destroyed 90 out of the 110 house lots in the town, including all the grain storages. However, the massive destruction made it possible to modernize the town structure, with straighter blocks and streets.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

Hedemora held [[Gustav I of Sweden]]'s first [[Mint (coin)|mint]], in use 1521–1524.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

In [[1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]], a [[Hedemora Circuit|motor racing circuit]] laid out in the city hosted the first [[Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix]] of [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]].

== See also ==
* [[Hedemora gammelgård]]
* [[Mas (Swedish term)]]
* [[Old pharmacy of Hedemora]]
* [[Hedemora stadshotell]]
* [[Järnhandelns hus, Hedemora|Järnhandelns hus]]

== References ==
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{{Localities in Hedemora Municipality}}
{{Dalarna County}}

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[[Category:Municipal seats of Dalarna County]]
[[Category:Swedish municipal seats]]
[[Category:Populated places in Hedemora Municipality]]
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