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Viker is a parish in the historical province of Västmanland and in present Nora Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden. It has 527 inhabitants (2007).
Viker is situated in Nora Municipality's southwestern corner in the central part of Örebro County.
Viker Chapel was founded within Nora parish in 1868 and became its own parish in 1871. Viker church was built in 1869–1871. Viker formed its own municipality 1878–1951. In 1952 it was incorporated in Noraskog municipality, that in 1965 was incorporated in Nora Municipality.
Socknen har en areal om 148,57 km² varav 133,95 km² land. Sjöarna Vikern (endast delvis i Viker), Älvlången, Malmlången (egentligen del av Svartälven) och Hovmanstorpsjön ligger i Viker. Beteshult i södra Viker är församlingens högsta punkt: 253 m.ö.h.
The villages Bengtstorp, Skrekarhyttan, Älvhyttan, Gamla Viker, Nya Viker, Dalkarlshyttan and the localities Dalkarlsberg and Vikersvik are situated in Viker.
The area has had a extensive iron industry with several mines and blast furnaces. Dalkarlsberg mining was closed down in 1948 and Skrekarhyttan's blast furnace in 1918.
