Valbo Explained

Official Name:	Valbo
Image Blank Emblem:	Valbo vapen.svg
Blank Emblem Type:	Coat of arms
Pushpin Map:	Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Sweden
Subdivision Type3:	Municipality
Subdivision Name3:	Gävle Municipality
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Gävleborg County
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Gästrikland
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Km2:	8.24
Population As Of:	31 December 2010
Population Total:	7,065
Population Density Km2:	858
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	60.65°N 19°W

Valbo is a locality situated in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 7,065 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated south-west of Gävle itself and could be considered a suburb of the city.

Valbo is known for the large shopping mall Valbo köpcentrum and for being the birthplace of Stanley Cup champion Nicklas Bäckström.

Valbo parish

Valbo is also a parish within the Church of Sweden, which has 11,600 members in the town and surrounding area in the eastern part of Gävle Municipality.

Education

• Sofiedalskolan (Sofiedal School) Is an upper (senior) level of compulsory school and it is located in the central parts of Valbo and it has around 550 students, The school also has an intermediate level and also the first three years of compulsory school for students.
• Ludvigsbergsskolan (Ludvigsberg School) is located in the central parts of Valbo and it has the first three years of compulsory school for students and also an intermediate level. The school has around 400 students.
• Alborga skola (Alborga School) is located in the north of Valbo and it has the first three years of compulsory school for students with about 100 students

Häcklingeskolan (Häcklinge School) was closed in 2005 and the students were transferred to the Sofiedal school

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Valbo:

• Valbo FF
• Valbo AIF
• Valbo IBF
• Valbo HC

Notable people

• Nicklas Bäckström – hockey player and Stanley Cup champion
• Andreas Dackell – hockey player
• Christian Lundeberg – Prime Minister of Sweden
• Gösta Netzén – journalist and politician
• Theodor Svedberg – chemist and Nobel laureate

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . sv . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .