Filipstad
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Filipstad Municipality |
| County | Värmland County |
| Province | Värmland |
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| - Total | 6.54 km² (2.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 6,177 |
| - Density | 944/km² (2,444.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Filipstad is a town (pop. 6,300) in the Swedish province Värmland and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County.
Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip (1601–1622; younger brother of Gustavus Adolphus).
After a major fire destroyed forest and town in 1694, Filipstad lost its privileges, as it was believed the remaining forest would not be sustainable if the town were to be rebuilt. In 1835 the rights were regranted. The local government acts of 1862 made the very privilegies obsolete, but the title stad (city) remained in use until the municipal reform of 1971. Since then Filipstad is the seat of the larger Filipstad Municipality. Filipstad is, despite its small population, for historical reasons, however, normally still referred to as a city. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.
At Filipstad, there is Klockarhöjdenmasten, a 330 metres tall guyed mast used for FM/TV-broadcasting.
[edit] Notable natives
- Nils Ferlin, poet
- John Ericsson, inventor
- Nils Ericsson, engineer
- Magnus Norman, tennis player
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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Filipstad is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. |
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