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Sunset and snow in Sälen
This picture is part of a series: Sunset and a skislope.JPG and Sunset in Sälen.JPG They are taken as a panorama, with 1 starting from the left. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- This picture is part of a series: Sunset and a skislope.JPG and Sunset in Sälen.JPG They are taken as a panorama, with 1 starting from the left
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Sälen
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Sälen.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Sälen (Swedish: ) is a locality situated in Malung-Sälen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 652 inhabitants in 2010.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Sälen before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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2019
A route reaches Sälen
The nearest airport is Scandinavian Mountains Airport, which opened in December 2019.
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Högfjället Sälen
Chalet de la station de ski. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Chalet de la station de ski
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
1922
Winter becomes organised
Sälen is best known for hosting the start of Vasaloppet, the oldest (since 1922) and largest cross country ski race in the world, with over 15,000 participants in the main race alone.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Sälen is recorded at 61.146° N, 13.210° E. Its catalogue reference reaches 1,093 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.SALEN.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.SALEN.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.SALEN.V00
Sunset and snow in Sälen
This picture is part of a series: Sunset and a skislope.JPG and Sunset in Sälen.JPG They are taken as a panorama, with 1 starting from the left. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- This picture is part of a series: Sunset and a skislope.JPG and Sunset in Sälen.JPG They are taken as a panorama, with 1 starting from the left
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
TODAY
Sälen now
The oldest resort in Sälen is Högfjällshotellet which was built in 1937 and remains popular for recreation, cross-country skiing and downhill skiing.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Sunset and snow in Sälen
AOD.EU.SALEN.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Högfjället Sälen
AOD.EU.SALEN.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Sälen overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.