Degerfors

	Degerfors
	Degerfors
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Örebro län
Historical Province (landskap):	Varmland
Municipality :	Degerfors
Coordinates :	59 ° 14 ' N , 14 ° 26' E Coordinates: 59 ° 14 ' N , 14 ° 26' E
SCB code :	5916
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	7190 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	7.88 km²
Population density :	912 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Örebro County

Degerfors is a Swedish town ( tätort ) in eastern Värmland . It is the capital of the municipality of the same name .

Industry

Degerfors owns an ironworks that had to contend with competition from the Far East. It is now - owned by the Finnish group Outokumpu - successful as a highly specialized plant. Like many smaller towns in Sweden, the place has to contend with high unemployment (around 10%). The population has declined relatively sharply (258 people from 2005 to 2010; since then it has stabilized).

leisure

The place has a soccer club, Degerfors IF , where Ralf Edström and Gunnar Nordahl started their careers. The team has been playing in the second-rate Swedish Superettan since their recovery in 2010 . Sweden's only football museum is located in Degerfors.

people

Olle Åhlund (1920–1996), football player and coach
Nils Landgren (* 1956), trombonist and singer
Göran Hägglund (* 1959), politician
Tommy Samuelsson (* 1960), ice hockey player and coach
Peter Samuelsson (* 1981), football player
Ola Toivonen (* 1986), football player

Twin cities

One of the twin towns of Degerfors is the municipality of Oedheim in Baden-Württemberg .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)