Karlskoga (municipality)

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Karlskoga municipality
Coat of arms of the Karlskoga municipality Location of the municipality of Karlskoga
coat of arms Location in Örebro County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Örebro län
Historical Province (landskap): Varmland
Main place: Karlskoga
SCB code: 1883
Residents : 30,381 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 510.4 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 59.5 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.karlskoga.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 20 ′  N , 14 ° 31 ′  E Karlskoga is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Örebro län and the historic province of Värmland . The main town of the municipality is Karlskoga . It is the only place that is a place ( Tatort ).

On the territory of the municipality lies motorsport race Karlskoga Motor Stadium , the oldest permanent race track in Sweden. On the slopes, among other things found in 1978 and in 1979 the Grand Prix of Sweden to the World Cup motorcycle instead.

Karlskoga around 1897 - probably the first aerial photo ever taken by a rocket.

Twin cities

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Karlskoga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
  3. ^ A. Ingemar Skoog: The Alfred Nobel rocket camera. An early aerial photography attempt . In: Elsevier Ltd (ed.): Acta Astronautica . July 17, 2009, doi : 10.1016 / j.actaastro.2009.06.011 .