Sweden
Värmland County
Karlstad Municipality

Alster

Alster is a locality situated in , , with 586 inhabitants in 2010. Alster is the birthplace of poet Gustaf Fröding.
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  • Type: Village with 755 residents
  • Description: urban area in Karlstad Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Alster, Sweden”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alsters herrgård and Frödingstenen.

Manor estate
Photo: SiriusA, Public domain.
is a manor estate.

Work of art
Photo: Janee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a work of art.

Library
Photo: Ainali, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Välsviken and Kronoparken.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Ainali, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Alster.

Alster

Latitude
59.39812° or 59° 23′ 53″ north
Longitude
13.60843° or 13° 36′ 30″ east
Population
755
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
9FFM9JX5+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 367326156
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2726416
Wiki­data ID
Q1923270
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Alster” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ألستر”
  • Bavarian: “Alster”
  • Cebuano: “Alster”
  • Chinese: “Alster”
  • Chinese: “阿尔斯特”
  • Danish: “Alster”
  • Dutch: “Alster”
  • Finnish: “Alster (Karlstad)”
  • Finnish: “Alster”
  • French: “Alster”
  • German: “Alster”
  • Irish: “Alster”
  • Italian: “Alster”
  • Ladin: “Alster”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alster”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alster”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alster i Sverige”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alster”
  • Norwegian: “Alster”
  • Persian: “الستر، سوئد”
  • Polish: “Alster”
  • Slovenian: “Alster”
  • Swedish: “Alster”
  • Swedish: “Alsters Bruk”

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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 Wikipedia page “Alster”. Photo: SiriusA, CC BY 3.0.