Sunne, Sweden

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Sunne


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 = Sunne Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Värmland County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 = Värmland
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 4.56
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 4,903
population_density_km2 = 1075
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=59 |latm=50 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=13 |longm=08 |longs= |longEW=E
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Sunne is a town (pop. 6,300) in Värmland, western Sweden and the seat of Sunne Municipality, Värmland County.

The town straddles the short river connecting Övre Fryken (Northern lake) with Mellan-Fryken (Middle lake). Printing and packaging are significant industries in Sunne, with plants for companies such as Tetra Pak and Miller Graphics, the local college provides a specialist course in printing technology.

Sven-Göran Eriksson, the former English football team's coach, has a house on the outskirts of the town. Sunne was the home of the Nobel Prize in Literature winner Selma Lagerlöf after whom the town's two hotels are named.In the Summer there is a large music festival. Also the prominent Swedish author Göran Tunström was born and raised in Sunne, as well as the painter Tage Åsén who made the cover paintings for two of his books about Sunne and who currently is working with his project about Sunne called Brobytornet (the Broby Tower). Broby is the name Selma Lagerlöf gave Sunne in her books. Each year The Foundation "Selma Lagerlöf Literary Prize" awards a prominent Swedish writer.

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