Forsbacka
Short answer: Forsbacka is in Söderhamn Municipality, Gävleborg County. It has 72 residents.
Living here
Forsbacka is a small locality (småort) in Söderhamn municipality in Gävleborg county, with 72 inhabitants, adjoining Söderhamn. Within a few kilometres there is therefore the town's range of services: five grocery shops, among them ICA Alen and Willys, three banks, a pharmacy, a library, a cinema, Furan Gallerian as a shopping centre, several hairdressers, several cafés and about fifty playgrounds. There are also a couple of care homes for older people and four petrol stations.
The area around the locality is older than average: just over three in ten are over sixty-five and one fifth is under twenty. Forsbacka suits those who want a small locality with a town within cycling distance. Those who seek seclusion will have to look elsewhere.
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 38 properties in the locality. Index is percentile 0-100 against all properties in Sweden.
Age distribution
Population 2025 from Statistics Sweden for the 2 statistical areas (DeSO) covering Forsbacka, 3,499 inhabitants in total. The locality itself has 72 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
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.