Valåsen och Labbsand

Place in Värmland, Sweden

59°18′N 14°34′E / 59.300°N 14.567°E / 59.300; 14.567CountrySwedenProvinceVärmlandCountyÖrebro CountyMunicipalityKarlskoga MunicipalityPopulation

(2020)

• Total354Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Valåsen och Labbsand (lit. 'Valåsen and Labbsand') is a locality (tätort) situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 354 inhabitants in 2020.^[1]

Established in 2015, but had previously been part of Karlskoga, according to Statistics Sweden.

Geography

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2015	321	—
2016	323	+0.6%
2017	337	+4.3%
2018	353	+4.7%
2020	354	+0.3%

Valåsen och Labbsand is near the course of the River Valån. The area is completely located in the Karlskoga Municipality.

The locality lies mostly to the south of Valåsen Manor, and is bounded notionally by Kilsbergen (the low mountainous ridge) to the east, Lake Möckeln to the west, Degerfors Municipality to the south. To the north is a subdivision of Moelven Industrier, Moelven Valåsen AB.^[2]

The area is mostly residential, the particular exception being Karlskoga Golf Club.

Bus services run to both Central Karlskoga and Degerfors.

History

In 1632, Valåsen was established as an ironworks, the very first works in the Karlskoga Socken.^[3] The ironworks was disestablished in 1918.

Notable people

Erland von Hofsten, ironmaster
Nils von Hofsten, politician
Johanna Christina von Hofsten, Swedish-language children's writer
Stina Swartling, writer

References

^ "Statistiska tätorter 2020, befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet per tätort". www.scb.se (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ "Moelven Valåsen AB". Moelven (in Swedish). Moelven Industrier. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ "Valåsen, Karlskoga". www.adolfssons.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2022.