Grums Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in 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 :...

 in west central 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....

. Its seat is located in the town of Grums

Grums

Grums is a locality and the seat of Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 5,231 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

, with about 5,200 inhabitants.

As so many of the municipalities of Sweden the present entity was created in 1971. The market town (köping

Köping

This article deals with the Swedish denomination for a market town. For the city, see Köping, Sweden. For the municipality, see Köping Municipality....

) Grums (instituted as such in 1948) was amalgamated with Ed and the parish

Parish

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 Värmskog from the dissolved Stavnäs Municipality, thus forming Grums Municipality.

Geographically it is situated on the north-west shore of Lake Vänern

Vänern

Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU and the third largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.- History :...

 in the province of Värmland

Värmland

' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are Vermelandia and Wermelandia. Although the province's land originally was Götaland, the...

. Transportations are reliable with the European route E18

European route E18

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 intersecting the town.

Historically the town was the center of the historical jurisdiction Grums Hundred, with its oldest seal

Seal (device)

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 stemming from 1617. The seal showed an accurate image of the local church.

The coat of arms

Coat of arms

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 is derived from that of the hundred. It also depicts three saw-blades, symbolizing the forest industry

Forestry

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The local political party

Political party

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 is known as Grums medborgarparti, abbreviated gm. It was founded in 1994, in the wake of the short-lived unconventional party Ny Demokrati

New Democracy (Sweden)

New Democracy was a political party in Sweden, founded in 1991 and elected into the Swedish Parliament in its first election, falling equally fast out again in 1994....

. The party was the municipality's third largest in the election of 1994 and 1998.

Localities

• Grums
  Grums
  Grums is a locality and the seat of Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 5,231 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
   (seat)
• Slottsbron
  Slottsbron
  Slottsbron is a locality situated in Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 1,048 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Segmon
  Segmon
  Segmon is a locality situated in Grums Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 481 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Borgvik
• Liljedal

In addition, the village

Village

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 Värmskog, with 65 inhabitants (2000), is known as the birthplace of inventor Lars Magnus Ericsson

Lars Magnus Ericsson

Lars Magnus Ericsson was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson ....

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External links

• Grums Municipality - Official site
• grums.just.nu