Yttermalung

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|official_name = Yttermalung

|image_skyline = Yttermalungs_kapell.jpg

|image_caption = The chapel in Yttermalung

|pushpin_map = Sweden Dalarna#Sweden

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Sweden

|subdivision_type3 = Municipality

|subdivision_name3 = Malung-Sälen Municipality

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Dalarna County

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Dalarna

|area_footnotes = {{cite web | title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 | publisher=Statistics Sweden | url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%c3%a4torternami0810tab1.xls | format=xls | language=sv | access-date=2009-05-09}}

|area_total_km2 = 0.77

|population_as_of = 2005-12-31

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 216

|population_density_km2 = 282

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|60|35|N|13|50|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

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Yttermalung is a village situated in Malung-Sälen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 216 inhabitants in 2005.

The village has a church, Yttermalungs kapell. There has been a chapel or church in Yttermalung since the 16th century, and the current church building was built in the late 19th century.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=930916 |title=Yttermalungs kapell |publisher=Church of Sweden, Diocese of Västerås |access-date=29 May 2016}}

In 1974, the largest collection of plate money in Sweden was found in Yttermalung. The collection consists of 240 plate coins, all in all weighing more than 234 kg.{{cite web|url=http://svenskhistoria.se/varldens-storsta-mynt/ |title=Världens största mynt |last=Kristensson |first=Peter |publisher=svenskhistoria.se |date=6 April 2008 |access-date=29 May 2016}} According to local tradition, the plate coins had been hidden in the mid-18th century by a powerful woman in the village who had become rich by selling timber to the copper mine in Falun, and who had died without telling anybody where she had hidden her riches.{{cite web|url=http://www.dt.se/myntskatt-fran-yttermalung |title=Myntskatt från Yttermalung |publisher=Dalarnas Tidningar |last=Mojanis |first=Anders |date=4 April 2008 |access-date=29 May 2016}}

The Swedish politician Marit Paulsen, who was a Member of the European Parliament, lived in Yttermalung.{{cite news| url=https://www.dn.se/pa-stan/veckans-lantis-marit-paulsen/ |title=Veckans lantis: Marit Paulsen |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |date=18 May 2009 |access-date=29 May 2016}}

References

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Category:Populated places in Malung-Sälen Municipality

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