SANDVIKEN

town in the ln (county) of Gvleborg, eastern Sweden, on the north shore of Stor Lake. It developed around an ironworks and steelworks established in 1862; in 1927 it became a kping, or market town, and in 1943 a town. The present-day town has engineering works and stone quarries. The early history of the area is represented by an old church, south of the city, which contains a medieval Flemish altarpiece and 15th-century wall paintings. Pop. (1990 est.) mun., 40,015.