Charlottenberg is a

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Värmland County Värmland County () 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 Østfold, Akershus and Innlandet to the west. The title of Duke ...

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, and the administrative centre of

Eda Municipality Eda Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, on the Norwegian border. Its seat is located in the town of Charlottenberg. The municipal reform of 1971 saw the forming of the present municipality through the ...

. Situated some seven kilometres from the Norwegian border, the town has a population of around 3,000. Charlottenberg

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is the last in Sweden before the Norwegian border, and serves as the frontier point between the Swedish and Norwegian railway systems. The town lies on Swedish national road (''riksväg'') 61, which becomes Norwegian national road (''riksvei'') 2 at the border. Nearby towns include

Åmotfors Åmotfors is a bimunicipal locality situated in Eda Municipality and Arvika Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in No ...

(14 km) and

Arvika Arvika is a locality and the seat of Arvika Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 14,244 inhabitants in 2010. Geography The town of Arvika is situated at Kyrkviken, a bay of Glafsfjorden, Sweden's only inland fjord, a remnant of the tim ...

(30 km) in Sweden, Magnor (9 km), Skotterud (14 km), and

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

(38 km) in Norway. As a border town, Charlottenberg benefits greatly from the '' border trade'' encouraged by the difference in retail prices between Norway and Sweden. Alcohol, meat, and confectionery are sold in large quantities. The influx of Norwegian shoppers is so great in the period leading up to Christmas that many Charlottenberg locals prefer to do their own shopping in other towns at this time of year. As well as retailing, Charlottenberg's economic activities include the manufacture of cast aluminium components for the transport industry.

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{{Authority control Municipal seats of Värmland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Eda Municipality