Bjursås

Bjursås [ˈbjʉː̠ˈʃɔs] is a locality situated in ***** Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden with 1,839 inhabitants in 2010.

Tourists, many of whom come from Stockholm, visit its ski resort every winter. A large part of the population commute to ***** or work within the local forest industry. Bjursås is nicknamed "The Switzerland of Dalarna", because of its broken ground. "Bjur" in the name is an old Norse word for beaver. A literal translation of the name to English means "Beaver Ridge".