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    decorative painter based in Forsa socken in Hälsingland. Månsson was born in Myssjö socken in Jämtland. He moved to Forsa socken in 1789 and was married the...
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    The 2010 Vasalopp was won by Jörgen Brink. Outside of Hudiksvall in Forsa socken, the Storbergsmasten is located. Storbergsmasten is a 335 metre tall...
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    Hälsinglands museum, including a completely preserved decorated room from Forsa socken, originally part of the Mickels-farmhouse in Nansta. Andersson, Maj-Britt...
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    of the following companies: Fårö company: Fårö socken Rute company: Rute, Fleringe and Bunge socken Forsa company: Lärbro, Hellvi and Tingstäde Bals company:...
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    situated in the socken. On St Olofsholm peninsula is the ruin of the medieval Saint Olaf Chapel. As of 2019[update], Hellvi Church belongs to Forsa parish in...
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    Hangvar (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhâŋːvɑːr]) is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises...
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    Hall is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative...
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  • It also lies in the historical socken (parish) of Forsa which merged in recent years with Hög parish to form Forsa-Hög församling (assembly). In 1898...
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    inhabitants in 2014. Lärbro is also the name of the larger populated area, socken (not to be confused with parish). It comprises the same area as the administrative...
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  • of Sweden. In Sweden, a countryside härad was typically divided in a few socken units (parish), where the ecclesiastical and worldly administrative units...
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    Arbrå parish, the Gustavian style of Ljusdal parish and the Baroque of Forsa and Delsbo parishes. Prominent individuals or groups of painters would influence...
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  • Hälsingland dialects are the Hassela dialect (Swedish: hasselamål) and the Forsa dialect (Swedish: forsamål). "Norrländska mål". Nationalencyklopedin (in...
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