- Grums Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Grums kommun
county=Värmland County
province=Värmland
capital=Grums
arearank=186th
area=481.86
arealand=386.35
populationrank=230th
population=9,332
densityrank=157th
populationdensity=24.2
website=http://www.grums.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006Grums Municipality ("Grums kommun") is a municipality in
Värmland County in west centralSweden . Its seat is located in the town ofGrums , with about 5,200 inhabitants.As so many of the municipalities of Sweden the present entity was created in
1971 . The market town ("köping ") Grums (instituted as such in1948 ) was amalgamated with Ed and theparish Värmskog from the dissolved Stavnäs Municipality, thus forming Grums Municipality.Geographically it is situated on the north-west shore of Lake Vänern in the province of
Värmland . Transportations are reliable with theEuropean route E18 intersecting the town.Historically the town was the center of the historical jurisdiction
Grums Hundred , with its oldest seal stemming from1617 . The seal showed an accurate image of the local church.The
coat of arms is derived from that of the hundred. It also depicts three saw-blades, symbolizing the forest industry.The local
political party is known as Grums medborgarparti, abbreviated "gm". It was founded in1994 , in the wake of the shortlived unconventional party Ny Demokrati. The party was the municipality's third largest in the election of1994 and1998 .Localities
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Grums (seat)
*Slottsbron
*Segmon
*Borgvik
*Liljedal In addition, the
village Värmskog , with 65 inhabitants (2000 ), is known as the birthplace ofinventor Lars Magnus Ericsson .External links
* [http://www.grums.se Grums Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.grums.just.nu grums.just.nu]
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