Robertsfors 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 Robertsfors Municipality in

Västerbotten County Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bo ...

, Sweden with 2,004 inhabitants in 2010. Robertsfors is named after the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who, together with John Jennings, founded an ironworks there in 1751.

Well known people from Robertsfors

* Maria Andersson, musician, member of

Sahara Hotnights Sahara Hotnights are a Swedish rock band from Robertsfors, Sweden. Their style incorporates elements of garage rock, power pop and punk. History The band formed sometime around 1991/1992, "due to boredom". While in Australia, Josephine Forsm ...

* Josephine Forsman, musician, member of

and Casablanca * Jennie Asplund, musician, member of

* Johanna Asplund, musician, member of

* Frida Hyvönen, musician *

Jennifer Granholm Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-American lawyer, educator, author, political commentator, and politician serving as the 16th United States secretary of energy since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, she pre ...

, second-generation descendant of Swedish Canadian emigrants from Robertsfors, where her great-grandfather was mayor

References

Populated places in Västerbotten County Populated places in Robertsfors Municipality Municipal seats of Västerbotten County Swedish municipal seats {{Västerbotten-geo-stub