Forshaga
Encyclopedia
Forshaga is a locality
and the seat of Forshaga Municipality
, Värmland County
, Sweden
with 6,355 inhabitants in 2005.
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...
and the seat of Forshaga Municipality
Forshaga Municipality
Forshaga Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Forshaga.The first municipality named Forshaga was a market town which was detached from Grava in 1944...
, Värmland County
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 Hedmark to the west.- Province :...
, 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....
with 6,355 inhabitants in 2005.
Notable natives
- Stefan HolmStefan HolmStefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...
, high jumpHigh jumpThe high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
Olympic champion in 2004. - Oskar Olofsson, guitarist in Swedish indie rock group Molotov JiveMolotov JiveMolotov Jive is an indie rock group from Karlstad, Värmland, Sweden, formed in late 2003 by vocalist and songwriter Anton Annersand and drummer Johan Hansson...
. - Sten TolgforsSten TolgforsSten Sture Tolgfors is a Swedish Moderate Party politician, Member of the Riksdag and Swedish Minister for Defence and former Minister for Foreign Trade in the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt since 24 October 2006. He is a conscientious objector, meaning that he refused to carry arms when called to...
, Swedish Minister for Defence (2007–present) - Nisse NilssonNisse NilssonNils "Nisse" Nilsson is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He participated at the 1964 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2002.-External links:...
, Swedish ice hockey player - VomitoryVomitory (band)Vomitory is a Swedish brutal death metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist Urban Gustafsson and bassist Ronnie Olson. The band has released a total of eight albums, and are currently signed to Metal Blade Records.-Current members:...
, Swedish brutal death metal band