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Katrineholm

Katrineholm (kä"trēnuhôlm') [key], city (1990 pop. 21,660), Södermanland co., S Sweden; chartered 1917. It is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center. The city has one of Europe's largest dairies and other industries that manufacture ball bearings, automobile bodies, furniture, and machinery.

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