Ekshärad
Encyclopedia
Ekshärad is a locality
in Hagfors Municipality
, Värmland County
, Sweden
with 3,387 inhabitants in 2009. Ekshärad is most famous for its historically-rich church. Ekshärad is also well known for the unique Ekshäring dialect.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
in Hagfors Municipality
Hagfors Municipality
Hagfors Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hagfors....
, Värmland County
Värmland County
Värmland County is a county or län in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Hedmark to the west.- Province :...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 3,387 inhabitants in 2009. 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 JonassonBertil JonassonBertil Jonasson was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party. Jonassson was a member of the Parliament of Sweden between 1958 and 1988. Jonasson died in June 2011.-References:...
, centerpartistisk riksdagsledamot - Lars Löfgren, head of TV-teatern and Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern
- Gunnar Olsson, professor of Human Geography at Uppsala University