Leksand ()
Sport
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.[Pamphlet: 2010 MLB Academies Tournament. Major League Baseball, 2010.]
Climate
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 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.
Industry
Local industry in Leksand includes Leksandsbröd, a producer of traditional Swedish
Crispbread.
Notable people
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Per-Olov Brasar - Former National Hockey League (NHL) forward, active 1977 to 1982
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Kristian Matsson - The Tallest Man on Earth, folk musician
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Johan Hedberg - Former NHL goalkeeper with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Dallas Stars, Atlanta Thrashers and New Jersey Devils
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Anders J. Dahlin - Internationally acclaimed tenor and opera singer
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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
Sister cities
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Aurora, Ontario, Canada
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Tōbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
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