Smedjebacken is a locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake Barken, with an area of , which in turn belongs to the Kolbäcksån stream-system, which drains into lake Mälaren to the south-east. Notable people Nils Ekholm, Swedish meteorologist, physicist and explorer Hans Heyerdahl, Norwegian painter Karl Edvard Laman, Swedish missionary and ethnographer Sports The following sports clubs are located in Smedjebacken: Smedjebackens FK See also Furbo, Smedjebacken References External links Populated places in Dalarna County Populated places in Smedjebacken Municipality