Hagfors

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hagfors


image_caption = Aerial view of Hagfors in 2006
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 = Hagfors 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 = 6.11
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 5,403
population_density_km2 = 885
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=60 |latm=02 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=13 |longm=39 |longs= |longEW=E
website =

Hagfors is an industrial town (pop. 5,700, alt. 200 m) i Värmland in west central Sweden and the seat of Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County.

Its history is traced to 1873, when it was decided to build two blast furnaces at the location.

The town of Hagfors plays host to the Swedish Rally, an car rally, every February, which provides a significant annual economic windfall for the region.

Hagfors was one of the last places in Sweden to receive the formal title of a city, when it was detached from "Norra Råda" in 1950. The designated coat of arms was a tribute to the furnaces. At that time the town had 6,501 inhabitants. Today it is the seat of the much larger Hagfors Municipality, but is not an administrative entity of its own.

Transportation

Hagfors Airport airport is located at the towns' border. There are flights with Nextjet to Stockholm Arlanda and Torsby.

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