Hofors
Encyclopedia
Hofors is a locality
and the seat of Hofors Municipality
, Gävleborg County
, Sweden
with 7,021 inhabitants in 2005.
The town of Hofors evolved around an iron industry in the 17th century, which eventually developed into one of Sweden's foremost ironworks
, and a subsidiary
of the SKF
group.
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...
and the seat of Hofors Municipality
Hofors Municipality
Hofors Municipality is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at .The first municipality with the name of Hofors was broken away from Torsåker in 1925...
, Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County
Gävleborg County is a county or län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Uppsala, Västmanland, Dalarna, Jämtland and Västernorrland. The capital is Gävle.- Administration :...
, 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 7,021 inhabitants in 2005.
Districts
- Born
- Böle
- Bönhusberget
- Centrum
- Göklund
- Hammaren
- Lillån
- Muntebo
- Rönningen
- Silverdalen
- Standarn
- Västerhöjden
- Robertsholm
- Fagersta by
- Långnäs
- Barkhyttan
- Stenshyttan
The town of Hofors evolved around an iron industry in the 17th century, which eventually developed into one of Sweden's foremost ironworks
Ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e...
, and a subsidiary
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of the SKF
SKF
SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB , later AB SKF, is a Swedish bearing company founded in 1907, supplying bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products and related services globally.-History:The company was founded on...
group.
Notable people
- Andreas Johansson, former NHL player
- Ulf SöderströmUlf SöderströmUlf Söderström is a professional ice hockey player who plays with Mjölby Hockey. During his career he has played for Hofors HC, Väsby Hockey, Linköping HC and Färjestads BK.-External links:*...
, ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player - Lasse ÅbergLasse ÅbergLars Gunnar Åberg , better known as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. He was born in the small town Hofors, but grew up in Stockholm...
, artist, actor, film director and musician