Torsby
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Torsby is a locality and the seat of Torsby Municipality
Torsby Municipality
Torsby Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby.The name Torsby means Thor's village....

 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 :...

, 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 4,012 inhabitants in 2005.

Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby
Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby
Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby is the world's longest ski tunnel, located in Torsby, Sweden. The tunnel was inaugurated on 16 June 2006 and is 1.3 km long, 8 m wide and 4 m high. Construction began in April 2005 and the total cost was just over 61 million SEK....

, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby. Sebra Film is located in Torsby. Football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Sven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....

 and footballer Marcus Berg
Marcus Berg
Marcus Berg is a Swedish football striker who currently plays for German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. He is nicknamed Svarte-Marcus due to scoring a lot of goals in the junior teams, in reference to Filip "Svarte-Filip" Johansson....

are both from Torsby.
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