Hagfors Municipality () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
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 ...
in west central
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the
city
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of
Hagfors
Hagfors is a locality and the seat of Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 10,125 inhabitants in 2010.
Its history is traced to 1873, when it was decided to build two blast furnaces at the location.
The town of Hagfors used to pl ...
.
The present municipality was created in 1974, when the City of Hagfors (itself instituted as a municipal entity in 1950 as one of the last cities in Sweden) was amalgamated with three rural municipalities.
Being sparsely populated, Hagfors Municipality has natural areas that offer good
fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (Freshwater ecosystem, freshwater or Marine ecosystem, marine), but may also be caught from Fish stocking, stocked Body of water, ...
,
canoeing
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A few of the recreational ...
and wildlife.
Localities
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Bergsäng
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Edebäck
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Ekshärad
Ekshärad is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 1,074 inhabitants in 2010. Ekshärad is most famous for its historically rich church. Ekshärad is also well known for the unique ''Ekshäring'' ...
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Geijersholm
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Hagfors
Hagfors is a locality and the seat of Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 10,125 inhabitants in 2010.
Its history is traced to 1873, when it was decided to build two blast furnaces at the location.
The town of Hagfors used to pl ...
(seat)
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Mjönäs
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Råda
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Sunnemo
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Uddeholm
Uddeholm is a locality situated in Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden
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Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Hagfors Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...
sourced from
SVT's election platform, in turn taken from
SCB official statistics.
In total there were 11,543 inhabitants, with 8,852 Swedish citizens of voting age.
[ 54.7% voted for the left coalition and 44.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
]
References
External links
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Hagfors Municipality
- Official site
Uddeholm Tooling AB
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Municipalities of Värmland County