Ekshärad

Ekshärad
Ekshärad
Ekshärad
Coordinates:
Country	Sweden
Province	Värmland
County	Värmland County
Municipality	Hagfors Municipality
Area^[1]
• Total	1.75 km² (0.7 sq mi)
Population (2009-12-31)^[1]
• Total	3'387
• Density	1,935/km² (5,011.6/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Ekshärad is a locality in Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 3,387 inhabitants in 2009.^[1] Ekshärad is most famous for its historically-rich church. Ekshärad is also well known for the unique Ekshäring dialect.

Famous people from Ekshärad

Carl-Johan Bergman, biatholonist
David Ekholm, biatholonist
Lennart Hall, professor of music
Bertil Jonasson, centerpartistisk riksdagsledamot
Lars Löfgren, head of TV-teatern and Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern
Gunnar Olsson, professor of Human Geography at Uppsala University

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Räknar med fortsatt befolkningsminskning" (in Swedish) (http). http://www.nwt.se/hagfors/article663458.ece?service=mobile. Retrieved 2010-02-23.

Localities in Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden

Localities:	Bergsäng · Edebäck · Ekshärad · Geijersholm · Hagfors (seat) · Mjönäs · Munkfors (part of) · Råda · Sunnemo · Uddeholm