Heden
Short answer: Heden is in Älvdalen Municipality, Dalarna County. It has 56 residents.
Living here
Heden is a small locality (småort) in Älvdalen municipality in Dalarna county with 56 inhabitants. Särnaheden is a bygdegård (community hall) that belongs to the local heritage life of the locality.
Within a couple of kilometres lie Rotskolan and Rots skans, a sight. There is a camping ground, Lägerplats M, and a second-hand shop, Returen. No food shop appears nearby, so shopping requires a car.
The area around the locality has an older age distribution. About a third are over sixty-five, and fewer than one in five is under twenty. It is a quiet area where many are pensioners.
Heden suits those who seek stillness in Dalarna and who do not need services within walking distance. Those who have children and want many of the same age around them may find it too still.
Draft. Based on a place profile from Lantmäteriet, SCB, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia and the municipality's register of associations. To be reviewed before publication.
Facts
What it is like to live here
median in the locality
Median across 50 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
Age distribution
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the statistical area (DeSO) covering Heden, 1,887 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 56 inhabitants. A statistical area follows no locality boundary, so the figures describe the area around the locality, not the locality alone.
From here and away
Modelled car route (MOTIS), not a navigator's ETA — the figures run systematically high but are comparable between localities. Destinations not listed are more than six hours away.
Lakes nearby
Nearest localities
Associations and activities
Associations and activities carrying the locality's name, from the municipalities' own registers, the Swedish Sports Confederation and the Swedish Tax Agency. The list is not exhaustive: an association without the locality name in its name is not included.
Surroundings
Distances are measured from the locality's centre to the nearest point in the layer, capped at 50 km. Counts are exact within the locality boundary. A layer not listed has nothing within the cap.
The figures describe the municipality, not the locality. The municipality page has tax, housing mix, schools and commuting.