Filipstad

Filipstad

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Filipstad


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 = Filipstad Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Värmland County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 = Värmland
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area_total_km2 = 6.54
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
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population_total = 6,177
population_density_km2 = 944
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Filipstad is a town (pop. 6,300) in the Swedish province Värmland and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County.

Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip (1601–1622; younger brother of Gustavus Adolphus).

After a major fire destroyed forest and town in 1694, Filipstad lost its privileges, as it was believed the remaining forest would not be sustainable if the town were to be rebuilt. In 1835 the rights were regranted. The local government acts of 1862 made the very privilegies obsolete, but the title "stad" ("city") remained in use until the municipal reform of 1971. Since then Filipstad is the seat of the larger Filipstad Municipality. Filipstad is, despite its small population, for historical reasons, however, normally still referred to as a "city". Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.

At Filipstad, there is Klockarhöjdenmasten, a 330 metres tall guyed mast used for FM/TV-broadcasting.

Notable natives

*Nils Ferlin, poet
*John Ericsson, inventor
*Nils Ericsson, engineer
*Magnus Norman, tennis player

References


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