Hedemora

Hedemora is a city in Dalarna County and the seat of Hedemora Municipality, Sweden, with 7,273 population in 2010. Despite its small populace, Hedemora is for historic reasons typically known as a town, and as such the oldest inside the county. Hedemora is the oldest city in Dalarna and got market rights in 1446, issued through Kristofer of Bavaria, which changed into recognized in 1449 by using Karl Knutsson. In 1459, Kristian gave the metropolis a city court docket and the right to have mayor, councilors and courtroom. After that, the city has got its metropolis rights showed and prolonged in batches, by way of Gustav Vasa, Johan III, Karl IX, Gustav II Adolf, Queen Kristina and Fredrik I.

In 1385 rafsteting became held in Hedemora, in preference to at Husby kungsgård, in which they was once held. The bailiff Jösse Finson described Hedemora in a present letter from 1414 with the words "that are now known as the metropolis", but it is not clean what he intended. Market was hung on Saturdays and both farmers and citizens had been allowed to sell their goods. King Kristofers privilege letter from 1446 emphasised especially the overall freedom of the public.