Flodafors is a small village of Katrineholm Municipality

Katrineholm Municipality

Katrineholm Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Katrineholm....

 in Södermanland County

Södermanland County

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, Sweden

Sweden

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. Neighbouring villages are Bie

Bie, Sweden

Bie is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 549 inhabitants in 2005....

 and Valla

Valla, Sweden

Valla is a locality situated in Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 1,584 inhabitants in 2005....

. Flodafors is often called Floda for convenience. Floda is among other things well known for its church, which dates back to the 9th century. Some of the paintings in the church are made by Albert the Painter. At the moment the social democrats are shutting down Floda school to save money so they can build "Gröna kulle" together with the Central park in Katrineholm city.

On 17 December 2007, the Social Democrats and the Left Party in Katrineholm county decided to shut down the elementary school in Flodafors , The news of closure pulled off a great public protest, led by people in Flodafors. The Social Democrats had no good reason for the closure , but their real reason was that they received little votes in Flodafors , but was never admitted by them. The Floda independent school association formed and has been operating school activities since the fall of 2009, in the old school premises. This was a great victory for Flodafors and a great loss of prestige for the Social Democrats in Katrineholm.