Hammarö Municipality
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Hammarö Municipality is a municipality
in Värmland County
in west central Sweden
. Its seat is located in the town of Skoghall
.
The municipality was created from Hammarö parish
in 1863, and its territory has not been affected by the great municipal reforms of 1952 and 1971. With a land area of only 56.9 km2 it is Sweden's 12th smallest, as well as the smallest in Värmland County
.
s Hammarön and Vidön and the adjacent archipelago
. The name Hammarö, or Hammarön, literally means "Hammer Island", and has given the municipality its name. The island itself is 47 km2 large, the third largest island of Lake Vänern
, and located off the shore of Värmland
, separated by the Klarälven
river delta
.
From Skoghall
it is only 7 km to the city of Karlstad
. Karlstad Municipality
is the only municipality with bridge connections to Hammarö.
sectors. Today, the company Stora Enso
Skoghall, manufacturing cardboard box
es, has 950 employees. Second is Akzo Nobel
Base Chemicals with 150, manufacturing chemical products.
While the vast majority of Hammarö's inhabitants live in a single urban area going by the Statistics Sweden designation of Skoghall, this urban area is split in two postal areas: Skoghall (western part) and Hammarö (eastern part). The name Skoghall is seldom used for the urban area in its entirety.
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 Skoghall
Skoghall
Skoghall is a locality and the seat of Hammarö Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 12,810 inhabitants in 2005. Stora Enso with paper mill and manufacturing being the largest employer. Second largest is Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals AB...
.
The municipality was created from Hammarö parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in 1863, and its territory has not been affected by the great municipal reforms of 1952 and 1971. With a land area of only 56.9 km2 it is Sweden's 12th smallest, as well as the smallest 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 :...
.
Geography
The municipality consists of the islandIsland
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s Hammarön and Vidön and the adjacent archipelago
Archipelago
An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
. The name Hammarö, or Hammarön, literally means "Hammer Island", and has given the municipality its name. The island itself is 47 km2 large, the third largest island 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 :...
, and located off the shore 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...
, separated by the Klarälven
Klarälven
Klarälven is a river flowing through Norway and Sweden. Together with Göta älv, which it is called as the river has passed through the lake Vänern, thus regarded as an entity, Göta älv-Klarälven is the longest river in Scandinavia and in the Nordic countries and its Swedish part the longest river...
river delta
River delta
A delta is a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, flat arid area, or another river. Deltas are formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river as the flow leaves the mouth of the river...
.
From Skoghall
Skoghall
Skoghall is a locality and the seat of Hammarö Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 12,810 inhabitants in 2005. Stora Enso with paper mill and manufacturing being the largest employer. Second largest is Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals AB...
it is only 7 km to the city of Karlstad
Karlstad
Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...
. Karlstad Municipality
Karlstad Municipality
Karlstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad....
is the only municipality with bridge connections to Hammarö.
Industry
100 years ago the largest employers were all in the fishingFishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
sectors. Today, the company Stora Enso
Stora Enso
Stora Enso Oyj is a Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1998. It is headquartered in Helsinki, and it has approximately 29,000 employees...
Skoghall, manufacturing cardboard box
Cardboard box
Cardboard boxes are industrially prefabricated boxes, primarily used for packaging goods and materials. Specialists in industry seldom use the term cardboard because it does not denote a specific material....
es, has 950 employees. Second is Akzo Nobel
Akzo Nobel
Akzo Nobel N.V., trading as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational, active in the fields of decorative paints, performance coatings and specialty chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 55,000 people. Sales in 2010 were EUR...
Base Chemicals with 150, manufacturing chemical products.
Localities
- SkoghallSkoghallSkoghall is a locality and the seat of Hammarö Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 12,810 inhabitants in 2005. Stora Enso with paper mill and manufacturing being the largest employer. Second largest is Akzo Nobel Base Chemicals AB...
- VidöåsenVidöåsenVidöåsen is a locality situated in Hammarö Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 274 inhabitants in 2005....
While the vast majority of Hammarö's inhabitants live in a single urban area going by the Statistics Sweden designation of Skoghall, this urban area is split in two postal areas: Skoghall (western part) and Hammarö (eastern part). The name Skoghall is seldom used for the urban area in its entirety.
External links
- Hammarö Municipality - Official site