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Valåsen Och Labbsand
Valåsen och Labbsand is a locality ( tätort) situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 354 inhabitants in 2020. Established in 2015, but had previously been part of Karlskoga, according to Statistics Sweden. Geography 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. The area is mostly residential, the particular exception being Karlskoga Golf Club. Bus services run to both Central Karlskoga and Degerfors Degerfors () is a locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden, with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010. Degerfors is the sixth-largest city in Örebro County. It is located at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valåsen Manor
Valåsen Manor ( sv, Valåsens herrgård, ) is a manor house at Valåsen och Labbsand. The manor is located in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden. The current-standing manor house was built in the 18th century, but the history of the property is older. Valåsen Manor is one of Karlskoga's major historical buildings. The manor is associated with several Swedish writers including Selma Lagerlöf, Hjalmar Bergman, Erik Gustaf Geijer and Sven Stolpe. Geography Valåsen Manor is near the course of the River Valån, east of Lake Möckeln, uphill on a sloping site. It is bounded notionally by Kilsbergen and Lake Angsjön, to the east. History Valåsen Works was acquired in the 1630s by Gerhard Ysing from Arvid Bengtsson. Valåsen was passed to Ysing's heir, Johan Ysing. In 1779, the manor was acquired by nobleman Bengt von Hofsten. There he created an English landscape garden. The manor was then passed to his heirs. For several generations the property was strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlskoga
Karlskoga () is a locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality, Sweden. Located within Örebro County, 45 km (28 mi) west of Örebro, and 10 km (6 mi) north of Degerfors. With a 2020 population of 27,386 distributed over 10.55 square miles (27.33 km2), Karlskoga is the second-largest city in both Örebro County and the historical province of Värmland. Karlskoga straddles the northern shore of Lake Möckeln. Among the city's main topographical features are the two rivers, Timsälven and Svartälven. Other features include an esker, Rävåsen, contiguous with the city center. The broader Karlskoga-area differs from its bordering regions, as covered by woodlands and an uneven topography that more fitted other activities rather than agricultural practices. Karlskoga evolved around the arms manufacturer Bofors, and by 1970, it counted almost 10,000 employees. The many jobs in the arms industry during the 1900s multiplied Karlskoga's population. Today, Karlskoga is still a thrivin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanna Christina Von Hofsten
Johanna Christina von Hofsten (; 3 September 1832 – 19 December 1913) was a Swedish-language children's writer. Life and work Johanna Christina von Hofsten was born into the von Hofsten family at Valåsen Manor in Karlskoga Socken (present-day Valåsen och Labbsand). She was the fourth of five children to Ironmaster Erland von Hofsten and Johanna Fredrika Nordenfelt. Von Hofsten died on 19 December 1913 in Gerum socken. References External links Johanna Christina von Hofstenat Project Runeberg Project Runeberg ( sv, Projekt Runeberg) is a digital cultural archive initiative that publishes free electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries. Patterned after Project Gutenberg, it was founded ... 1832 births 1913 deaths Swedish nobility 19th-century Swedish writers Swedish children's writers Swedish-language writers Writers from Karlskoga Johanna Christina {{Sweden-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Von Hofsten
Nils Eberhard Hjalmar von Hofsten (; 13 September 1828 – 12 March 1912), was a Swedish politician. Life and work Nils von Hofsten was born on September 13, 1828, at Valåsen Manor, Karlskoga, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ..., and was the third of five children of Erland von Hofsten (ironmaster, born 1780), Erland and Johanna von Hofsten (née Nordenfeldt). His father was an ironmaster at Valåsen Works. Von Hofsten was a member of the Riksdag of the Estates 1865–1866, and of the Första kammaren 1867–1875. Von Hofsten married Count, Countess Anna Fredrika Sparre af Söfdeborg. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
