one of ABBA's singers who recorded a single in support of the bid. Falun is the hometown of 'The Battle', one of the world's most famous snowboard competitions. Iron and Copper byproducts from the mine are still used as a paint ingredient, in the production of the nationally well known and culturally important Falu Red paint, particularly used on wooden houses. Notable people Oscar Alin (1846–1900) historian and politician. Sture Bergwall, (born 1950), falsely convicted of serial murder Ferdinand Boberg, (1860–1946) architect Joakim Brodén, (born 1980) founder and lead vocalist of power metal band Sabaton Civil War, (founded 2012) power metal band Elma Danielsson, (1865-1936), journalist and politician Björn Dixgård, (born 1981) musician (Mando Diao) Jorian Engelbrektsson, (born 1982) pinball champion Fet-Mats, (died 1677) a natural mummy found in Sweden in 1719. Patrick Johansson, (born 1976) drummer Selma Lagerlöf, (1858–1940) author, awarded the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature Lina Leandersson, (born 1995) actress Bertil Lintner, (born 1953) journalist Kristian Matsson (born 1983) musician, stage name The Tallest Man on Earth Henrik Petrini, (1863–1957) mathematician Ernst Rolf, (1891–1932), actor and singer Sabaton, (founded 1999) power metal band Georg Skarstedt, (1900–1976) actor Vincent Skoglund, (born 1974), photographer Georg Stiernhielm, (1598–1672) civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet. Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh, (1910–1948) palaeontologist and geologist. Pär Sundström, (born 1981) founder and Bassist of power metal band Sabaton Twilight Force, (founded 2011) power metal band Putte Wickman, (1924–2006) jazz clarinetist Sport Mattias Ekström, (born 1978) racing driver Samuel Ersson, (born 1999) ice hockey goaltender Maria Hjorth, (born 1973) golfer Tomas Jonsson, (born 1960 former ice hockey player, now coach Anders Kallur, (born 1952) former ice hockey player Jenny Kallur, (born 1981) athlete, World Championships finalist 2005 in 100 m hurdles Susanna Kallur, (born 1981) athlete, World Record Holder 60 meter hurdles Marcus Ljungqvist, (born 1974) former road bicycle racer Jenny Rissveds, (born 1994) Olympic Champion Rio 2016, U23 Mountain Bike World Champion 2016 Walter Steiner, (born 1951) former ski jumper Ulf Stenlund, (born 1967) former tennis player In popular culture The short story "Die Bergwerke zu Falun" ("The Mines of Falun") was published by E. T. A. Hoffmann in 1819, based on what happened to Fet-Mats Israelsson. See also Biathlon World Championships Falukorv Thomas Quick Älgen Stolta Sports The following sports clubs are located in Falun: Falu BS Falu FK Korsnäs IF FK Slätta SK IBF Falun Annual music festival Starting in 2008 Falun has been