Sandviken is a
locality and the seat of
Sandviken Municipality in
Gävleborg County,
Sweden with 22,965 inhabitants in 2010. It is situated about 25 km west of
Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey to Stockholm takes about 2 hours and to Arlanda, Sweden´s main international airport, no more than 1.5 hours.