Falu copper mine is located on one of the sides which during many centuries was one of Sweden's main business.

[citation needed] The town of Falun is known to have existed in the 14th century as a market place for the surrounding lands.

Mining for copper had been a local business since the mid-13th century, or possibly as early as 1000,[2] and the organisation for the extracting of copper and gold from Stora Kopparberget is believed to be the oldest still-existing enterprise in the world, proved active since 1347, when its charter was granted by King Magnus IV of Sweden.

However, an enterprise at that time was nothing more than a cooperative among the owners, each contributing with a share of money for construction, tools, etc., necessary to run the organisation.

Unlike civilian refugees from Germany, who were kept in internment camps throughout the country, British and American airmen were placed in hotels and bed and breakfast establishments in the Falun area, and enjoyed relative freedom.

This was, in turn, the highest measured temperature of the intense heatwave that summer that affected most of Scandinavia.

[6] The climate of Falun is more continental than most of Sweden since it is relatively far from large bodies of waters moderating temperatures.

Stora Gruvstugan was designed by Eric Geisler and built between 1771 and 1785 in a Rococo Style, also referred to as Late Baroque.

Västra Skolan was built in 1915, based on a design by the city architect in Falun, Klas Boman.

The tower was a replica of Kristine Kyrka, XVIIth century parish church of Falun, from which one could view the entire low built the city.

Egnellska Huset was built in 1903, and was designed by Falun's first city architect, Klas Boman.

During the 1960', four of the five 18th century buildings were demolished and today, the Körsnerska Huset is the only one remaining in its original appearance.

The author Selma Lagerlöf lived in the building, and it was here she wrote The Wonderful Adventures of Nils.

In 1947, the initial balconies were removed and in 1955 the whole building was facing a renovation where the facade was redesigned and the whole house scaled-down, making it shorter and flatter Wiklunds Glas was a building on Åsgatan in Falun and was designed in a combination between Art Nouveau and Renaissance in the Low Countries.

It was designed in a National Romantic Style by the city architect Klas Boman and built in 1911.

Lugnet, Falun Stadium has also hosted the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships four times: 1954, 1974, 1993 and most recently in 2015.

The city lost despite the best efforts of one of ABBA's singers who recorded a single in support of the bid.