Forshaga
Värmland, archaic spelling Wermland, is a province in the Svealand region in Sweden. It borders the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It also borders Norway in the west and Sweden's largest lake, Vänern.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Janee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Janee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forshaga Church and Dyvelstens flottningsmuseum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dyvelsten and Killstad.
Dyvelsten
Village
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Dyvelsten is a locality situated in Forshaga Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 219 inhabitants in 2010. Dyvelsten is situated 3 km southwest of Forshaga.
Killstad
Hamlet
Killstad is a populated place in Karlstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden. Killstad is situated 8 km east of Forshaga.
Vallargärdet
Village
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Vallargärdet is a locality situated in Karlstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 382 inhabitants in 2010. Vallargärdet is situated 8 km southeast of Forshaga.
Forshaga
- Type: Town with 6,460 residents
- Description: urban area in Forshaga Municipality, Sweden
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Forshaga Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.52906° or 59° 31′ 45″ northLongitude
13.4826° or 13° 28′ 57″ eastPopulation
6,460Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)United Nations Location Code
SE FOSOpen location code
9FFMGFHM+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 29537571OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Forshaga” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Форшхага”
- Cebuano: “Forshaga (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Forshaga”
- Chinese: “Forshaga”
- Chinese: “福什哈加”
- Danish: “Forshaga”
- Dutch: “Forshaga”
- Faroese: “Forshaga”
- Finnish: “Forshaga”
- French: “Forshaga”
- German: “Forshaga”
- Hebrew: “פורשגה, שוודיה”
- Icelandic: “Forshaga”
- Irish: “Forshaga”
- Italian: “Forshaga”
- Ladin: “Forshaga”
- Lithuanian: “Foršaga”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Forshaga”
- Northern Frisian: “Forshaga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forshaga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Forshaga”
- Norwegian: “Forshaga”
- Persian: “فوخشهاگه”
- Polish: “Forshaga”
- Portuguese: “Forshaga”
- Romanian: “Forshaga”
- Russian: “Форсхага”
- Slovenian: “Forshaga”
- Swedish: “Forshaga”
- Ukrainian: “Форсгага”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forshaga sporthall and Forshaga Yrkeshögskola.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Forshaga”. Photo: Janee, CC BY-SA 3.0.