Valåsen och Labbsand is a
locality
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(
tätort) situated in
Karlskoga Municipality
Karlskoga Municipality (''Karlskoga kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga. Other localities include Valåsen och Labbsand, Kortfors, Linnebäck and Villingsberg.
Karlsk ...
,
Örebro County
Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly ...
,
Sweden with 354 inhabitants in 2020.
Established in 2015, but had previously been part of
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 (2 ...
, 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
Karlskoga Municipality (''Karlskoga kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlskoga. Other localities include Valåsen och Labbsand, Kortfors, Linnebäck and Villingsberg.
Karlsk ...
.
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
Degerfors Municipality (''Degerfors kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Degerfors.
The northern part of the municipality was before 1925 part of Karlskoga Municipality, from which i ...
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 southern shore of lake Möckeln, 13 km (8 mi) s ...
.
History
In 1632, Valåsen was established as an
ironworks, the very first works in the Karlskoga Socken.
The ironworks was disestablished in 1918.
Notable people
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Erland von Hofsten, ironmaster
*
Nils von Hofsten, politician
*
Johanna Christina von Hofsten, Swedish-language children's writer
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Stina Swartling, writer
References
Further reading
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Populated places in Karlskoga Municipality