Torsby Municipality

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Torsby

Torsby is the northernmost municipality in Värmland County, in west central Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 4186.8 km². The total population for the municipality is around 13000 with a population density of 3 inhabitants per km². The town of Torsby has a population of about 4000. The name means Thor's village.

[edit] Communication

Torsby is the end station on the Fryksdal branchline from Karlstad via Kil. There is a small airport with scheduled flights to Stockholm whilst the nearest international airport is Gardermoen in Norway. The 1690 km long road, riksväg 45, passes through the municipality.

[edit] Sport

Sven-Göran Eriksson has his roots in Torsby.

The municipality has a number of skiing centres for both alpine skiing (Hovfjället and Branäs[1]) and cross-country (Mattila and Långberget). A cross-country ski tunnel, which is also the world's longest, opened 16th June 2006.

Stjerneskolan, a senior high school, specializes in cross-country skiing and biathlon. The most famous former pupil is Gunde Svan. Carl Johan Bergman who was born in Ekshärard (roughly 20km to the east), also studied there for a year.