Mora is located in the Northern part the province of Dalarna. In many ways Dalarna is the heart of Sweden.
It is known for it rich culture. The Swedish festival Midsummer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbh3uAZ4WUM is in its existing form from Dalarna. The small red house all around Sweden is painted with paint from the mining industry in Dalarna. The house is original a way to copy the look of the House of the Nobility in Stockholm.
Dalarna is the size of Belgium but with a population of 300.000. Winter sports are a big thing in Mora. Sälen next to us is northern Europe’s biggest ski resort. And from the village of Sälen to town of Mora runs the Vasaloppet (The Vasa Race) 90 km. It is the oldest, the longest, and the biggest (in terms of participants) cross-country ski race in the world.
We also famous for our crisp bread that we export all over the world and used for losing weight. The people of Dalarna are most overweight in Sweden
In the medical field Mora is famous for being the hometown of Sven Ivar Seldinger. The man behind of the Seldinger technique.
Famous artist from Dalarna are Miss Li, Mando Diao, Björn Skifs, Sugarplum Fairy and Jussi Björling.
IKEA found a lot of inspiration from Dalarna. Most famous is the Dalecarlian horse or Dala horse a handmade and painted just outside of Mora.
Far from the big city in the northern part of Europe people hade there own explanations on why things happened. The fog on the fields was elves dancing. When someone killed himself or herself drowning in the river we blamed the Neck (water spirit) for singing and calling for him or her. Every one working in the forest knew of the Skogsrået (The Mistress of the Forest) a forest nymph that could both help you and call for you to go to deeper in to the forest. Sweden was the last country to convert to Christianity of the Scandinavian countries. And still you will find the influence of the Nordic goods in the daily life. The weekdays are named after them and after a thousand years some families claim to be ancestor to some of the goods.
Around Mora you will find the wolf. We wolf the brother of Hel the Nordic version of Hades.