Ockelbo
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Ockelbo Municipality |
| County | Gävleborg County |
| Province | Gästrikland |
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| - Total | 4.16 km² (1.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 2,709 |
| - Density | 651/km² (1,686.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Ockelbo is a town (pop. 6500) in Gästrikland, Sweden and the seat of Ockelbo Municipality, Gävleborg County.
Ockelbo is mostly famous for its basketball team, the annual summer and winter market and the rose gardens. Ockelbo is also famous for Ockelbo-Lundgren. Ockelbo is also where Daniel Westling, partner of Crown Princess Victoria, grew up. Another Ockelbo native is Svante Stockselius, the executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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