Filipstad Sweden

Filipstad

Filipstad municipality would like to welcome You to come

and experience a rich manufacturing heritage, breathtaking

scenary set in Bergslagen and a unique local cultural history.

The area has been strongly influenced by the wealth of different

mineral resources available locally and today you can visit a

number of industrial monuments. There are a number of mines,

mills and works that bring to life the daily life of people during

the early part of industrialisation.

Today Filipstad municipality has a population of around 11.100.

Filipstad town is the second oldest town in the region of Värmland-

it´s town privileges dating back to 1611 when it was founded by

King Karl IX whose son Karl Filip gave name to the town.

Here you will come across a fusion of modern and the original

buildings. The town is perhaps most commonly associated with

Wasa crispbread and the poet Nils Ferlin, but here in the

municipality, more precisely in LÃ¥ngban, two Swedish greats

were born; the innovator John Ericsson and his brother Nils whom

had a great success building canals and sluices both in Sweden

and abroud.