Valbo
Valbo is a parish of the Swedish province of Gästrikland, located on the territory of the common of Gävle, in the county of Gävleborg. Its surface is of 54 750 hectares.
Demography
Places and monuments
- Tombs dating from the Bronze Age
- Tumuli dating from the age from iron
- Presence from three runic stones allotted to Åsmund Kåresson (11th century)
- Church from the 14th century increased in 1742-1743 and equipped with a tower in 1777
- Tolvfors, foundry created in 1644 and birthplace of the botanist Pehr Löfling
Famous characters
- Pehr Löfling (1729-1756): Swedish botanist born with Tolvfors on January 31st, 1729
- Theodor Svedberg (1884-1971): prize winner of the Nobel Prize of chemistry in 1926
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