{{short description|Place in Hälsingland, Sweden}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Ljusdal |image_skyline = Utanforhp.jpg |image_caption = Ljusdal |pushpin_map = Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = [[Country]] |subdivision_name = {{flag|Sweden}} |subdivision_type3 = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Ljusdal Municipality]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Sweden|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Gävleborg County]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Hälsingland]] |area_footnotes = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 5.29 |population_as_of = 31 December 2010 |population_footnotes = <ref name=scb /> |population_total = 6,230 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). --> |population_density_km2 = 1178 |timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|61|50|N|16|05|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}} |website = {{URL|http://www.ljusdal.se/}} }} '''Ljusdal''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈjʉ̌ːsdal|lang}})<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0020.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=16}}</ref> is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Ljusdal Municipality]], [[Gävleborg County]], [[Sweden]] with 6,230 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />
Ljusdal is situated on Riksväg 83 which runs between Tönnebro in [[Söderhamn Municipality]] in [[Gävleborg County]] and [[Ånge]] in [[Västernorrland County]]. It is located beside the river [[Ljusnan]] which goes from [[Bruksvallarna]] to the [[Gulf of Bothnia]]. Ljusdal is noted for having hosted the annual [[Bandy World Cup]] in the sport of [[bandy]] from 1974 to 2008.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Three [[Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland]] situated in Ljusdal Municipality were inscribed in 2012 on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1282/ |title = Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland|website= UNESCO World Heritage Sites|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Sports== The following sports clubs are located in Ljusdal:
* [[Ljusdals IF]] * [[Ljusdals BK|Ljusdals bandyklubb]] * Ljusdals ridklubb * Ljusdals judoklubb * Ljusdals karateklubb ==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="120px"> Ljusdals järnvägshotell.jpg| Ljusdal Railway Hotel Ljusdals kyrka-view.jpg| Ljusdal Church Ljusdals station December 2017 01.jpg| Ljusdal Railway Station TH- Härnösand .jpg| Bandy at Ljusdals IP </gallery>
==See also== *[[Ljusdal Municipality]] {{commons}} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Localities in Ljusdal Municipality}} {{Gävleborg County}}
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