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Country
  
Sweden

County
  
Örebro County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
7,160 (31 Dec 2010)

Team
  
Degerfors IF

Province
  
Värmland

Municipality
  
Degerfors Municipality

Area
  
7.14 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 6:08 PM

Degerfors

Weather
  
-2°C, Wind E at 26 km/h, 57% Humidity

Degerfors is a locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010.

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Map of Degerfors, Sweden

Overview

Degerfors has traditionally been an industrial community closely connected to the large ironworks. The settlement (originally called Johannelund) grew up around this industry and got the status of a municipalsamhälle (a type of borough within a municipality) in 1912. Today it acts as seat of the larger Degerfors Municipality.

Sports

Nationally, Degerfors is best known for the football team Degerfors IF. Despite the relatively small size of the town, Degerfors has always had strong local support, and played a total of 29 years in the highest division Allsvenskan. In 1997 the team were relegated and are currently playing in the second highest Swedish league, Superettan.

Another sports club located in Degerfors is Strömtorps IK.

References

Degerfors Wikipedia