Ljusdal

{{short description|Place in Hälsingland, Sweden}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Ljusdal

|image_skyline = Utanforhp.jpg

|image_caption = Ljusdal

|pushpin_map = Sweden Gävleborg#Sweden

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Sweden}}

|subdivision_type3 = Municipality

|subdivision_name3 = Ljusdal Municipality

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Gävleborg County

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Hälsingland

|area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 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 }}

|area_total_km2 = 5.29

|population_as_of = 31 December 2010

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 6,230

|population_density_km2 = 1178

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = 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}}){{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}} is a locality and the seat of Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,230 inhabitants in 2010.

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.{{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}}