Lesjöfors
Encyclopedia
Lesjöfors is a locality
situated in Filipstad Municipality
, Värmland County
, Sweden
with 1,117 inhabitants in 2005.
Located in the Bergslagen
area, where mining and metal preparation historically was the leading industry, the town grew up around the local industry (bruk) founded there in 1642.
Lesjöfors was the site of the International Youth Congress of Esperanto
in 2003.
It is famous within Sweden for bandy
and has produced many players for the Sweden national bandy team.
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 Filipstad Municipality
Filipstad Municipality
Filipstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad....
, 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 1,117 inhabitants in 2005.
Located in the Bergslagen
Bergslagen
Bergslagen is a historically, culturally, and linguistically distinct mining district located north of Lake Mälaren in northern Svealand, Sweden. In Bergslagen mining and metallurgic industry have been important since the Middle Ages...
area, where mining and metal preparation historically was the leading industry, the town grew up around the local industry (bruk) founded there in 1642.
Lesjöfors was the site of the International Youth Congress of Esperanto
International Youth Congress of Esperanto
The International Youth Congress of Esperanto or Internacia Junulara Kongreso is the biggest annual meeting of young esperantists in the world. The participants come from all over the world for an entire week and they usually number around 300, although there has been a congress with more than...
in 2003.
It is famous within Sweden for bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
and has produced many players for the Sweden national bandy team.