Vikarbyn

Vikarbyn is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Dalarna County and in the historical province of Dalarna.

Location

Vikarbyn belongs to the municipality Rättvik. The village is located about 50 km as the crow northwest of the provincial capital of Falun and sechts kilometers northwest of the community center Rättvik on the northeastern shore of Lake Siljan. Vikarbyn is the second largest town of the community according to its central place Rättvik.

By Vikarbyn leads the national route 70, which begins in Enköping north-west of Stockholm, is the most important compound from this direction into the Dalarna and continues at the level of the south end of the lake Femund after Idre and the Norwegian border. The railway line from Uppsala to Mora ( Dalabanan, on the Borlänge Mora section also called Siljansbanan ), runs through the town, has there today but no breakpoint, so that the nearest train station is in Rättvik.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1539 as Wijeken, according to the later form Viken, bay 'with respect to the location of the place in the small bay Åkernäsviken of Lake Siljan. 1680 lived in the village of over 200 people at 36 yards, made ​​a living from agriculture and forestry.

After the opening of the railway line Orsa Falun 1891, the role of the timber industry grew, sawmills were built. In addition, the location of the village on the Lake Siljan Tourism began to develop due.

The last sawmill, last owned by Stora AB, completed in 1986; Since then, tourism is the main economic factor.