The Bofors Hotel () is a four-storey

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

located in

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Karlskoga Municipality Karlskoga Municipality () is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga. Other localities include Valåsen och Labbsand, Kortfors, Linnebäck and Villingsberg. Karlskoga was formed as rur ...

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History

The current-standing hotel was initially intended to exclusively serve the guests of arms manufacturer

Bofors AB Bofors ( , , ) is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems. The name has been associated with the iron industry and artillery manufacturing for more than 350 years. History Locate ...

. The hotel building is the arms manufacturer's third hotel. The hotel is built in an Italian-themed manor style and was designed by , constructed in the 1920s, completed in 1930, and renovated in the 1970s, and in 2007 by Kapitän. Eick customized it for important meetings. The Bofors Hotel, which remains a popular destination for businesspeople and dignitaries to this day, received its first royal visitor in September 1931 when King Gustav V stayed at the property.' Swedish Prime Minister

Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister in four Government of Sweden, gov ...

also visited the hotel during the 1930s.' In the years that followed, the hotel continued to host royalty, including the current King, who visited in 1973, King

Carl XVI Gustaf Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. Having reigned since 1973, he is the longest-reigning monarch in Swedish history. Carl Gustaf was born during the reign of his paternal great-grandfather, K ...

, who also came in 1983 accompanied by

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. The hotel has played host to many other famous guests over the years. Some notable guests include Prince Bertil.'

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* Hotel buildings completed in 1930 Hotels established in the 1930s Buildings and structures in Karlskoga Bofors 1930s establishments in Sweden Wilhelm Eick buildings 20th-century establishments in Örebro County {{Karlskoga-stub

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