Storfors 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 Storfors

Storfors

Storfors is a locality and the seat of Storfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 2,442 inhabitants in 2005.Storfors specialises in the manufacturing of heavy wall pipes in standard and special grades for large project business in the oil, gas and chemical industries...

, which has approximately 2,500 inhabitants.

The first local government unit named Storfors was created in 1950 when a 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....

) by that name was detached from Kroppa. (The rest of Kroppa is since 1971 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....

.) In 1967 Ullvättern was amalgamated with Storfors, making up the present municipal territory.

Storfors is one of Sweden's least populated municipalities. The nearest city is 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...

, approximately 50 kilometers to the west.

Several small lake

Lake

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s and stream

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

s offer fishing

Fishing

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....

 opportunities. The countryside is also suitable for other outdoor activities, including walking

Walking

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 and hiking

Hiking

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.

External links

• Storfors Municipality - Official site