Torsby () is a

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and the seat of

Torsby Municipality Torsby Municipality (''Torsby kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Torsby. The name ''Torsby'' means Thor's village. The present municipality consists of ei ...

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 4,049 inhabitants in 2010.

Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby Torsby Ski Tunnel is Sweden's first ski tunnel, located in Torsby, Sweden and was at the time of construction the world's longest ski tunnel. The tunnel was inaugurated on 16 June 2006 and is 1.3 km long, 8 m wide and 4 m high. Construction be ...

, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby.

Notable people

* Football manager

Sven-Göran Eriksson Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player. After an unassuming playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 ...

and footballer

Marcus Berg Bengt Erik Markus Berg (; born 17 August 1986) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg, which he captains. Beginning his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg in the early 2000s, ...

are both from Torsby. *

Monica Kristensen Solås Monica Kristensen Solås (born 30 June 1950), is a Norway, Norwegian glaciology, glaciologist, meteorologist, Polar region, polar exploration, explorer and crime novelist. She was awarded a Founders Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society in ...

, a glaciologist, meteorologist, polar explorer and crime novelist, was born in Torsby in 1950.

References

Municipal seats of Värmland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Torsby Municipality Värmland {{Värmland-geo-stub iu:ᑐᕐᔅᐳ fi:Torsbyn kunta