Husby, Hedemora

Husby is a town in the Swedish province of Dalarnas län and the historical province of Dalarna.

Known since the 14th century, it belongs to the municipality of Hedemora and is also unofficially known as Dala-Husby to distinguish it from a number of other villages of the same name in Sweden because of its location in Dalarna.

In 2010, the village had 256 inhabitants and was considered a Tätort, but lost this status afterwards because of the too large distance in the residential development according to the Tätortsdefinition. Accordingly, the parts on both sides of the river Dalälven dividing the village have since been designated as separate Småorters: a larger one on the left (northeastern) river bank around the church and the village centre with, among other things, school and shop, also marked as Smedby on maps, and a somewhat smaller one on the right (southwestern) river bank around the former crown estate Husby kungsgård with the district Koberga located somewhat away from the river.