Kil () is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

and the seat of

Kil Municipality Kil Municipality (''Kils kommun'') is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kil, Värmland, Kil. The local government reform of 1971 amalgamation (politics), amalga ...

Värmland County Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') 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 Viken and Innlandet to the west. Prince Carl P ...

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 ...

with 7,842 inhabitants in 2010. It is a railway junction which unites railways from five directions, all but one having passenger services. Swedish world elite high jumper

Stefan Holm Stefan Christian Holm (born 25 May 1976) is a retired Swedish high jumper. He won an Olympic Games, Olympic gold medal, a silver medal, silver in the World Championships in Athletics, World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in ...

competes for the

Kil AIK Kil or KIL may refer to: *Kil Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden **Kil, Värmland, Kil Municipality, Sweden *Kil, Nacka Municipality, Sweden *Kil Hundred, former hundred, Värmland, Sweden *Kil, Telemark, Kragerø, Norway *Dordtsche Kil, a rive ...

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

club.

Per Åslund Per Åslund (born August 21, 1986) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward for Färjestad BK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career He has spent the majority of his professional career in his native Sweden with Färjestad BK. ...

who plays for the

Färjestad BK Färjestad Bollklubb (; abbreviated as FBK) is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 21 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning ten times since the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien) ...

is from Kil.

References

Municipal seats of Värmland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Värmland County Populated places in Kil Municipality {{Värmland-geo-stub