Skutskär
Skutskär
Coordinates: 60°38′N 17°25′E / 60.633, 17.417
Country	Sweden
Municipality	Älvkarleby Municipality and Gävle Municipality[1]
County	Uppsala County
Province	Uppland
Area [2]
- Total	7. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Municipalities of Sweden ( kommun) are the Local government entities of Sweden. Älvkarleby Municipality ( Älvkarleby kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Gävle Municipality ( Gävle kommun) is a municipality in east central Sweden where the City Gävle is the municipal seat The Counties of Sweden, or Län, are the first level administrative and political Subdivisions of Sweden. Uppsala County ( Uppsala län) is a county or Län on the eastern coast of Sweden. The provinces of Sweden, Landskap, are historical geographical and cultural regions Uppland ( is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 27 km² (2. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[2]
- Total	6,136
- Density	844/km² (2,185. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Skutskär is a bimunicipal^[1] town on the provincial border of Uppland and Gästrikland, Sweden. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. Uppland ( is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. It is the seat of Älvkarleby Municipality. Älvkarleby Municipality ( Älvkarleby kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. According to the census of 2000 6,003 people lived in Skutskär, most of them in Älvkarleby Municipality, but a minor part in Gävle Municipality. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Gävle Municipality ( Gävle kommun) is a municipality in east central Sweden where the City Gävle is the municipal seat

Originally Skutskär was the area south and south-east from the industries located there. The first record of Skutskär (Ship Reef) is done 1741 and describes an anchoring point for the industries of Harnäs. The industries in question are iron smelting furnaces in Harnäs (shut down in the 1910s) and later the saw mill and wood pulp mill Skutskärsverken owned by Stora Enso which is still one of the largest in the world. Stora Enso Oyj () is a Finnish &ndash Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company This mill and its subcontractors remains by far the largest employer in Skutskär and the surrounding area. Skutskär back then had a large percentage of laborers and their families, which led to the building of all the facilities needed in a small town, including schools, shops, a fire brigade, ambulance and police. Even a public bath (shut down and demolished in the 1970s) and other facilities that must have been a luxury for the working class was built, often with support from the pulp mill.

The other half of what is now Skutskär is still called Upplandsbodarna or just Bodarna, especielly by the older generations. It is located further south, along the Boda river, which is a small branch of the Dalälven river, before they both flow into the sea. The Dal River (or Dalälven in Swedish is a River in central Sweden that flows from the north of Dalarna and runs into the sea in northern The population consisted mainly of farmers and fishermen. This village was present a long time before the industries of Skutskär and associated to the Älvkarleby population. Skutskär and Bodarna was not physically the same town until the 1930s, when the new housing district of Kyrkbyn was built. By then the combination of the two urban areas was known simply as Skutskär.

Skutskär now remains a stable community population-wise due to the wood pulp mill, the saw mill (that is now run by other ventures after Stora shut down its saw mill operations in Skutskär), and the vicinity to Gävle but the municipality is struggling with its financial situation due to political decisions in the 1980s and 90s, mainly integration problems and failed building projects. Gävle is a city in east central Sweden with 68700 inhabitants ( 2005)

Municipality	Population in Skutskär	Other urban areas	Other	Total	% of municipality population
Älvkarleby	5,681	2,300	951	8,932	63. Älvkarleby is a locality with 1648 (2005 inhabitants situated in Älvkarleby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden. 30
Gävle	322	83,431	6,989	90,742	0. Gävle is a city in east central Sweden with 68700 inhabitants ( 2005) 35
Total	6,003	85,731	7,940	99,674	6. 02

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