Munkfors Municipality

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This page deals with both Munkfors Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Munkfors

**Munkfors Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Munkfors Municipality in Sweden's southern half Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Munkfors City Arms.png
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Munkfors
	{{{locationReadable}}}
	County	Värmland County
	Province	Värmland
	Area Rank	142 km² 266th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	4,039 282nd of 290
	Population density	28/km²

Munkfors is a Municipality in Värmland County, in west central Sweden. Its seat is in Munkfors with 3,300 inhabitants.

Nearest city is Karlstad, to the south, at a distance of 45 minutes.

Is one of the smallest by population in Sweden. The only other municipal town is Ransäter. There is the Geijer-school, in honour of author Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783-1843) who was born at the Ransäter farm in the town. A second notable Ransäter native was Tage Erlander (1901-1985), who was Prime Minister of Sweden 1946-1969.

The municipality has one sister city: Lindsborg, Kansas.