Skoghall (literally means "Forest Hall") is a

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and the seat of

Hammarö Municipality Hammarö Municipality (''Hammarö kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skoghall. The municipality was created from Hammarö parish in 1863, and its territory has not been aff ...

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 ...

, Sweden with 13,265 inhabitants in 2010.

Stora Enso Stora Enso Oyj (from sv, Stora and fi, Enso ) is a manufacturer of pulp, paper and other forest products, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The majority of sales takes place in Europe, but there are also significant operations in Asia and ...

with paper mill and manufacturing being the largest employer. Second largest is

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Base Chemicals AB. Skoghall is located on the island of Hammarö and is also considered a suburb of Karlstad, situated only seven km from the center of Karlstad.

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