It is located near the river Indalsälven, 50 km (road 86) north west of the city of Sundsvall.
The name Liden (Swedish; meaning "a long slope", down to the river) was first recorded as De Lidh in a letter from 1344, Liden's Old Church was built in the 1480s by the Dominican friar Josefhus.
The Swedish noble family Lidströmer originates from Liden.
The New Church, which was consecrated in 1858, is situated a few hundred meters above the Old Church.
References
^ abc"Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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liden, locality, situated, sundsvall, municipality, västernorrland, county, sweden, with, inhabitants, 2010, church, from, 1480show, västernorrlandshow, swedencoordinates, coordinates, 800countryswedenprovincemedelpadcountyvästernorrland, countymunicipalitysun. Liden is a locality situated in Sundsvall Municipality Vasternorrland County Sweden with 254 inhabitants in 2010 1 LidenLiden Old Church from 1480LidenShow map of VasternorrlandLidenShow map of SwedenCoordinates 62 43 N 16 48 E 62 717 N 16 800 E 62 717 16 800 Coordinates 62 43 N 16 48 E 62 717 N 16 800 E 62 717 16 800CountrySwedenProvinceMedelpadCountyVasternorrland CountyMunicipalitySundsvall MunicipalityArea 1 Total0 65 km2 0 25 sq mi Population 31 December 2010 1 Total254 Density392 km2 1 020 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST It is located near the river Indalsalven 50 km road 86 north west of the city of Sundsvall The name Liden Swedish meaning a long slope down to the river was first recorded as De Lidh in a letter from 1344 Liden s Old Church was built in the 1480s by the Dominican friar Josefhus The Swedish noble family Lidstromer originates from Liden The New Church which was consecrated in 1858 is situated a few hundred meters above the Old Church References Edit a b c Tatorternas landareal folkmangd och invanare per km2 2005 och 2010 in Swedish Statistics Sweden 14 December 2011 Archived from the original on 27 January 2012 Retrieved 10 January 2012 This article about a location in Vasternorrland County Sweden is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Liden amp oldid 1095517792, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
