Sandviken

This article is about the locality in Sandviken Municipality. For other uses, see Sandviken (disambiguation).

Sandviken
Central Sandviken
Coat of arms
Sandviken Location within Sweden Gävleborg Sandviken Location within Sweden
Coordinates: 60°37′N 16°47′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Gästrikland
County	Gävleborg County
Municipality	Sandviken Municipality
Area
• Total	16.8 km2 (6.5 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2020)
• Total	25,344 (Urban Areas)
• Density	15.08/km2 (39.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	http://www.sandviken.se/

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Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey to Stockholm takes about 1.5 hours and to Arlanda, Sweden's main international airport, around an hour.

Sandviken is the home town of the major high-technology Swedish engineering concern Sandvik and the main office of the company was located in Sandviken until January 2012 when it was moved to Stockholm.