Ekshärad is a
locality in
Hagfors Municipality,
Värmland County,
Sweden
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with 1,074 inhabitants in 2010.
Ekshärad is most famous for its historically rich church. Ekshärad is also well known for the unique ''Ekshäring'' dialect.
Notable people
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Carl-Johan Bergman
Carl Johan Bergman (born 14 March 1978) is a former Swedish biathlete. He lives in Lillehammer, Norway with his Norwegian wife, Liv Kjersti Eikeland. He is (174 cm), and weighs 152 lb .
He studies computer science at the Norwegian ...
, biatholonist
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David Ekholm, biathlete
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Lennart Hall
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Surname
*Camilla Lennarth (born 1988), Swedish go ...
, professor of music
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Bertil Jonasson
Bertil Jonasson (12 January 1918 – 15 June 2011) was a Swedish politician
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, centerpartistisk riksdagsledamot
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Lars Löfgren
Lars Löfgren is a Swedish cybernetician. He was awarded the Wiener Gold Medal by the American Society for Cybernetics in 2008.
Lars Löfgren was involved in extending the logical and linguistic approaches to various problems raised by early cybe ...
, head of TV-teatern and
Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern
*Gunnar Olsson, professor of Human Geography at Uppsala University
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Sofie Skoog
Sofie Natalie Skoog (born June 7, 1990) is a Sweden, Swedish high jumper. She represented her nation Sweden at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, 2015 IAAF World Championships, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the fi ...
, high jumper
References
Populated places in Värmland County
Populated places in Hagfors Municipality
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