Färjestads Ishall was an

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Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitan ...

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. It was the home arena for the

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team Färjestads BK. It was inaugurated on 4 November 1967 with the Swedish top division game Färjestads BK–

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., where Färjestads BK won, 8–4. For a long time it held 8,000 people during sport events, but the capacity was later reduced to 4,700 when seating became common standard. Löfbergs Lila Arena replaced it as the home of Färjestad.

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