Bäckefors
Encyclopedia
Bäckefors is a locality
situated in Bengtsfors Municipality
, Västra Götaland County
, Sweden
. It had 689 inhabitants in 2005.
The Movie Kopps
was filmed in was filmed here in 2003.
The hospital Dalslands Sjukhus is located here.
Bäckefors was an important rail hub during the World War II
, when many trains passed here with german soldiers.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Bengtsfors Municipality
Bengtsfors Municipality
Bengtsfors Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bengtsfors....
, Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It had 689 inhabitants in 2005.
The Movie Kopps
Kopps
Kopps is a 2003 Swedish film directed by Josef Fares. The name itself is a pun on pronouncing the English word "Cops" with a Swedish accent....
was filmed in was filmed here in 2003.
The hospital Dalslands Sjukhus is located here.
Bäckefors was an important rail hub during the World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, when many trains passed here with german soldiers.