Skoghall (literally means "Forest Hall") is a
locality and the seat of Hammarö Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 13,265 inhabitants in 2010.
Stora Enso
Stora Enso Oyj (from and ) is a Finnish and Swedish forest industry company. It develops and produces various materials, mostly based on wood, for a range of industries and applications worldwide. It has headquarters in Helsinki, Finland, an ...
with paper mill and manufacturing being the largest employer. Second largest is
Akzo Nobel
Akzo Nobel N.V., stylised as AkzoNobel, is a Dutch multinational company which creates paints and performance coatings for both industry and consumers worldwide. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the company has activities in more than 150 countries ...
Base Chemicals AB. Skoghall is located on the island of Hammarö and is also considered a suburb of
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 ...
, situated only seven km from the center of Karlstad.
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Municipal seats of Värmland County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Hammarö Municipality