Älvdalen

Älvdalen is a locality and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden. In 2010, 1,810 people lived there.
The town is widely known for being the place of manufacturing, in 1839, of the 4-meter granite vase (called "Älvdalen Vase"), installed in the Summer Garden in Saint Petersburg (a gift from Charles XIV John of Sweden to Nicholas I of Russia).