Valåsen och Labbsand (lit. 'Valåsen and Labbsand') is a locality (tätort) situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 354 inhabitants in 2020.[1]
Valåsen och Labbsand | |
|---|---|
 Valåsen Manor in the 1890s | |
  Valåsen och Labbsand  Valåsen och Labbsand | |
| Coordinates: 59°18′N 14°34′E / 59.300°N 14.567°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Värmland |
| County | Örebro County |
| Municipality | Karlskoga Municipality |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 354 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Established in 2015, but had previously been part of Karlskoga, according to Statistics Sweden.
Geography edit
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 321 | — |
| 2016 | 323 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 337 | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 353 | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 354 | +0.3% |
Valåsen och Labbsand is near the course of the River Valån. The area is completely located in the Karlskoga Municipality.
The locality lies mostly to the south of Valåsen Manor, and is bounded notionally by Kilsbergen (the low mountainous ridge) to the east, Lake Möckeln to the west, Degerfors Municipality to the south. To the north is a subdivision of Moelven Industrier, Moelven Valåsen AB.[2]
The area is mostly residential, the particular exception being Karlskoga Golf Club.
Bus services run to both Central Karlskoga and Degerfors.
History edit
In 1632, Valåsen was established as an ironworks, the very first works in the Karlskoga Socken.[3] The ironworks was disestablished in 1918.
Notable people edit
- Erland von Hofsten, ironmaster
- Nils von Hofsten, politician
- Johanna Christina von Hofsten, Swedish-language children's writer
- Stina Swartling, writer
References edit
- ^ "Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet per tätort". www.scb.se (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Moelven Valåsen AB". Moelven (in Swedish). Moelven Industrier. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Valåsen, Karlskoga". www.adolfssons.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
Further reading edit
- Öman, Karin (2018). Ån – Berättelser om Valåsen i Karlskoga Bergslag (in Swedish). Norlén & Slottner. ISBN 9789188503398.
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