Valåsen och Labbsand is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivi ...

( tätort) situated in

Karlskoga Municipality Karlskoga Municipality (''Karlskoga kommun'') 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. Karlsko ...

Örebro County Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) is a county or ''län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly no ...

, Sweden with 354 inhabitants in 2020. Established in 2015, but had previously been part of

Karlskoga Karlskoga () is a locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality, Sweden. Located within Örebro County, 45 km (28 mi) west of Örebro, and 10 km (6 mi) north of Degerfors. With a 2020 population of 27,386 distributed over 10.55 square miles ...

, according to

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Geography

Valåsen och Labbsand is near the course of the River Valån. The area is completely located in the

. The locality lies mostly to the south of

Valåsen Manor Valåsen Manor ( sv, Valåsens herrgård, ) is a manor house at Valåsen och Labbsand. The manor is located in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden. The current-standing manor house was built in the 18th century, but the history of t ...

, and is bounded notionally by

Kilsbergen Kilsbergen is a low mountainous ridge that separates Närke from Värmland. It is the southernmost extension of the taiga in Scandinavia and shows a flora and fauna that are unusual for the latitude. There are several skiing and hiking facilitie ...

(the low mountainous ridge) to the east, Lake Möckeln to the west,

Degerfors Municipality Degerfors Municipality (''Degerfors kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors. The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which ...

to the south. To the north is a subdivision of Moelven Industrier, Moelven Valåsen AB. The area is mostly residential, the particular exception being Karlskoga Golf Club. Bus services run to both Central Karlskoga and

Degerfors Degerfors () is a locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden, with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010. Degerfors is the sixth-largest city in Örebro County. It is located at the southern shore of lake Möckeln, 13 km (8 mi) sou ...

History

In 1632, Valåsen was established as an

ironworks An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''. Ironworks succeeded bloome ...

, the very first works in the Karlskoga Socken. The ironworks was disestablished in 1918.

Notable people

* Erland von Hofsten, ironmaster *

Nils von Hofsten Nils Eberhard Hjalmar von Hofsten (; 13 September 1828 – 12 March 1912), was a Swedish politician. Life and work Nils von Hofsten was born on September 13, 1828, at Valåsen Manor, Karlskoga, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom ...

, politician *

Johanna Christina von Hofsten Johanna Christina von Hofsten (; 3 September 1832 – 19 December 1913) was a Swedish-language children's writer. Life and work Johanna Christina von Hofsten was born into the von Hofsten family at Valåsen Manor in Karlskoga Socken (present- ...

, Swedish-language children's writer *

Stina Swartling Stina Swartling (née von Hofsten; 28 June 1858 – 26 November 1929), was a Swedish writer. Life and work Stina Swartling was born on June 28, 1858, at Valåsen Manor, Karlskoga, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The ...

, writer

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