Siljansbygden is the region around lake Siljan in the Dalarna province in Sweden. The folk culture around the lake is known as an archetype of Swedishness, with many icons, such as the Midsummer pole, the Dala Horse, the Mora Knives, and hard bread.
Dalarna has had an important role in Swedish history before modern times. Many rebellions started here; Gustav Vasa's campaign to liberate Sweden from Denmark in the 1520s might be the most significant.
As nationalist sentiment swept Europe in the 19th century, folklorists travelled to Siljan to seek Swedish folk culture, supposedly less adulterated by cosmopolitan influences of the nobles and the bourgeois.
Many cultural expressions of Siljansbygden have become icons of Sweden as a whole: the Dala Horse, the Midsummer celebration, fiddle music, red cabins, crisp bread, and Vasaloppet.
The Mora airport has very sparse regular traffic.
SJ runs a rail line between Stockholm and Mora, calling at Rättvik, Tällberg, Leksand, Insjön, Gagnef, Djurås and Borlänge.
MasExpressen coach service operates between Stockholm and Mora, stopping at Rättvik and Leksand.
While rail transport reaches the settlements mentioned above, driving is the most practical transportation in the countryside.
Manufacturing of Dala Horses in Nusnäs, Mora.
Beware of cold weather.