Leksand

• Official Name — Leksand • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Sweden • Subdivision Type3 — Municipality • Subdivision Name3 — Leksand Municipality • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Dalarna County • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Dalarna • Area Total Km2 — 7.79 • Population As Of — 31 December 2010 • Population Total — 5,934 • Population Density Km2 — 761 • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2

Leksand is famous for the Leksands IF ice hockey team, who have won four Swedish Championships. Leksand is also home to the Leksands Baseball and Softball Club, the oldest and one of the more successful baseball clubs in Sweden, having won 20 national championships in baseball and 7 in softball. The club was founded in the late 1950s and currently has about 130 members. Additionally, Leksand is home to the Baseball Academy Leksand, a Major League Baseball (MLB)-sponsored academy established in 2006. The academy is part of a broader drive by MLB to develop European talent through a system of baseball academies across the continent, and is the only such academy in Sweden. As of March 2010, Baseball Academy Leksand comprised 22 Swedish players and was managed by Tony Klarberg.

Leksand has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). The influence of the Siljan lake is relatively minor on the local climate due to its modest size and freezing over every winter. However, some potential for lake-effect snow causing excessive accumulation is possible when there is open water. This resulted in a notable freak blizzard of the middle of May 2008 that left 30 cm of snow on the ground. Winters and springs are influenced by the inland position, with January being quite a bit colder than coastal areas to the east in Gävleborg but spring warming up sooner with a very low seasonal lag.

Local industry in Leksand includes Leksandsbröd, a producer of traditional Swedish Crispbread.

• Filip Forsberg - Active National Hockey League (NHL) forward for Nashville Predators, drafted in 2012 • Per-Olov Brasar - Former National Hockey League (NHL) forward, active 1977 to 1982 • Kristian Matsson - The Tallest Man on Earth, folk musician • Johan Hedberg - Former NHL goalkeeper with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Dallas Stars, Atlanta Thrashers and New Jersey Devils • Anders J. Dahlin - Internationally acclaimed tenor and opera singer • Victor Rask - Former NHL forward with the Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild, and Seattle Kraken, currently plays for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the Swiss National League • Hugo Alfven, composer (buried at Leksand)

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