Sunne is a

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and the seat of Sunne Municipality,

Värmland County Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Viken and Innlandet to the west. Prince C ...

, Sweden with 10,000 inhabitants in 2010. The town straddles the sound connecting Övre Fryken (Northern lake) with Mellan-Fryken (Middle lake). The name of Sunne is derived from the Swedish word of 'sund' for a maritime sound.

Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

and packaging are significant industries in Sunne. The companies

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and

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have facilities in the town and the local college provides a specialist course in printing technology. In the summer there is a large music festival. The painter Tage Åsén who made the cover paintings for two of his books about Sunne and who currently is working on his project about Sunne called Brobytornet (the Broby Tower). ''Broby'' is the name Selma Lagerlöf gave Sunne in her books. Each year The Foundation ''Selma Lagerlöf Literary Prize'' awards a prominent Swedish writer.

Climate

Sunne has a

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. Due to moderating influences from the North Atlantic and the lake

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to its south, it is a lot milder than areas in northern Värmland or western Dalarna such as

Höljes Höljes is a minor locality situated in Torsby Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 79 inhabitants in 2015. History The earliest farm in the area that later became Norra Finnskoga parish is Höljes. Erik Fernow's description of Värmla ...

Malung Malung is a locality and the seat of Malung-Sälen Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,126 inhabitants as of 2010. Overview Malung is home to Malungs Folkhögskola, two kilometers south of the town centre. Specialized courses include ...

. Even so, it is prone to chilly nights year round due to its position in a river valley with high hills both to its west and east. There is a relatively high precipitation amount by central Sweden standards. This contributes to summer afternoon temperatures lower than would be expected for a low-lying inland location on the particular latitude in Sweden.

Notable people

* Sven-Göran Eriksson (born 1948), football coach, former coach of the

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, was born in Sunne and has a house on the outskirts of the town. *

Ursula and Sabina Eriksson Ursula Eriksson and Sabina Eriksson (born 3 November 1967) are Swedish twin sisters who came to national attention in the United Kingdom in May 2008. The twins had been in Ireland before travelling to the UK and boarding a bus for London in L ...

(born 1967), twin sisters, convicted of manslaughter in England, grew up in Sunne. *

Ana Johnsson Anna Lovisa Johnsson (Jonsson), better known by her stage name Ana Johnsson (; born 4 October 1977), is a Swedish singer, best known for the song "We Are" from the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack. Johnsson reached the finals of the first Swedish series ...

(born 1977), singer, grew up in Sunne. *

Selma Lagerlöf Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (, , ; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She published her first novel, '' Gösta Berling's Saga'', at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she wa ...

(1858–1940), writer, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature, was born and lived in Mårbacka, just southeast of Sunne. Two of the town's hotels are named after her. *

Göran Tunström Göran Tunström (14 May 1937 in Borgvik, Grums Municipality – 5 February 2000 in Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

(1937–2000), author, grew up in Sunne.

References

{{authority control Populated places in Värmland County Populated places in Sunne Municipality Municipal seats of Värmland County Swedish municipal seats