Torsby () is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

and the seat of

Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby. The name ''Torsby'' means Thor's village. The present municipality consists of eight original local ...

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 ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

with 4,049 inhabitants in 2010. Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby. There is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...

located near the locality with flights to

Stockholm Arlanda Airport Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the main international airport serving Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is located in Sigtuna Municipality, north of Stockholm and nearly southeast of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County. ...

people

* Football manager

Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson (; 5 February 1948 – 26 August 2024) was a Swedish association football, football player and Coach (sport), manager. After a playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management ...

and footballer

Marcus Berg Bengt Erik Markus Berg (; born 17 August 1986) is a Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He is currently assistant coach for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Beginn ...

are both from Torsby. * Monica Kristensen Solås, a glaciologist, meteorologist, polar explorer and crime novelist, was born in Torsby in 1950.

References

Municipal seats of Värmland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Torsby Municipality Värmland {{Värmland-geo-stub iu:ᑐᕐᔅᐳ fi:Torsbyn kunta