Liden

Liden is a locality situated in Sundsvall Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 254 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

For people with the Swedish surname, see Lidén.

Liden
Liden Old Church, constructed in 1480
Liden Show map of Västernorrland Liden Show map of Sweden
Coordinates: 62°43′N 16°48′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Medelpad
County	Västernorrland County
Municipality	Sundsvall Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	254
• Density	392/km2 (1,020/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

It is located near the river Indalsälven, 50 km (road 86) north west of the city of Sundsvall.

The name Liden (Swedish; meaning "a long slope", down to the river) was first recorded as De Lidh in a letter from 1344, Liden's Old Church was built in the 1480s by the Dominican friar Josefhus.

The Swedish noble family Lidströmer originates from Liden. Pentathlete and Olympian Gustaf Lindh, only winner of the winter pentathlon at the 1948 Winter Olympics, was born in Liden.

The New Church, which was consecrated in 1858, is situated a few hundred meters above the Old Church.