Matfors is a

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situated in Sundsvall Municipality,

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, Sweden with 3,201 inhabitants in 2010. The river Ljungan runs through Matfors. It is situated about 15 kilometers west of Sundsvall, a city with about 45,000 inhabitants. In Matfors there used to be two schools: Sköle Skola and Matfors Skola, both sharing the same school yard; they later rejoined to form Matfors Skola in 2009 after being split up in 2002. Matfors is said to have got its name from the rich supply of salmon (Swedish: lax) in the river Ljungan, by which the town was built. The name Matfors consists of two parts: mat (food) and fors (river stream). Matfors was for some time its own community/municipality (Swedish: kommun) but then first merged with Attmar and later Sundsvall (beginning of the 1970s). The town of Matfors was for a long time of less importance than the town of

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in the two adjacent parishes of Attmar and Tuna, until the Matfors-bridge was built across the river Ljungan. Later on a

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and a

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were built together with several other minor industries which increased the town's importance towards dominating the area. The

was closed in 1990, at the time owned by SCA, and the original main building now hosts about 20 small businesses. The Matfors area as a whole is home to many small businesses, but many residents also commute to the neighbouring town of Sundsvall. A mid-sized business located in Matfors is SBL Vaccin, a subsidiary of Active Biotech. Matfors has the following urban districts: :

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: Ängom : Runsvik :

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: Tallskogen : Ljungan, both a

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and a

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Ljungan, running through Matfors. :

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, : Sköle : Kvällsjön : Storjorden : Bällsta : Åsta : Fors : Lunde : Rännö Reliable communications are provided by the European route E14. Some organizations in Matfors with their own web-sites:
Tuna Hembygsförening
- native district org. with photo of E14 exit towards Matfors
Matfors Idrottsförening
- soccer
Matfors Badmintonklubb
- badminton
Matfors Vattenskidklubb
- waterski
Matfors Modellflygklubb
- model airplane
Matfors Skoterklubb
- snow mobile
Matfors Brukshundklubb
- dogs
Matfors Sportfiske Klubb
- fishing
Matfors Jaktskytteklubb
- hunting/shooting
Matfors Ryttarförening
- horseriding

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Matfors: * Matfors IF * Matfors SK

References

Boken om Matfors (The Book on Matfors) - Samlade Skrifter och Egna Berättelser, Mats O Moberg, 2004, 252 pages, , Hardcover

External links

* Matfors - Swedish Wikipedia entry
Medelpadsrötter
- genealogy page with photos from the area (

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