From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Säffle

Field	Value
official_name	Säffle
image_skyline	Kanalen.JPG
image_caption	View from south over the floodgate
pushpin_map	Sweden
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Sweden
subdivision_type3	Municipality
subdivision_name3	Säffle Municipality
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Värmland County
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Värmland
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	7.35
population_as_of	31 December 2010
population_footnotes
population_total	8,991
population_density_km2	1223
timezone	CET
utc_offset	+1
timezone_DST	CEST
utc_offset_DST	+2
coordinates

Säffle () is a locality and the seat of Säffle Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 9,150 inhabitants in 2016.

In 1951 the town of Säffle was officially awarded City status, the last place for this to occur in Sweden. This was abolished in 1971 and Säffle is now the seat of the much larger Säffle Municipality.

History

Säffle's main growth as a town took place after the building of a canal in 1837 which allowed boats to safely bypass a section of turbulent water and rapids in the Byälven river.

In 1879 the railway came, linking Säffle with both the west and east coasts, the capital Stockholm and the busy port of Gothenburg. This enabled Säffle to transport her wood products and the village soon became a thriving town.

In 1882 Säffle had a population of 700 inhabitants. Today, Säffle municipality has 16,077 inhabitants (1 January 2005).

According to legend, the Viking Olof Trätälja settled and lived in Säffle. Streets, churches, and a lot of other places are named after him.

Cultural references

Most parts of the Kanal 5 reality series Lite sällskap, hosted by Swedish comedians Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson were recorded in Säffle. http://www.nwt.se/saffle/article718656.ece

Tourism

Sports associations

Säffle Hockey Club - Ice hockey
SK Sifhälla - football
Säffle FF - football

Art & museum

Viking Trail Society
The Viking center of Värmland - The Viking museum outside Säffle

Trade & industry

The economy of Säffle is largely based on industry. Säffle has continued to grow as the pulpwood industry has expanded in Sweden. The pulp mill in Säffle has been a major driving force in the local economy.

In the early 19th Century there was also a brickworks in Säffle, which supplied the town with facing bricks. This you can see on all of the buildings from this period in central Säffle.

The biggest companies in Säffle today are:

SOMAS

Nordic Paper Seffle AB

Säffle Karosseri / Volvo Buses

BTG

CCI

MOELVEN

Famous people from Säffle

Gunnar Andersson, football player
Daniel Carlsson, rally driver
Anders Jacobsson, member of the gothic/doom metal band Draconian
Johan Ericson, multinstrumental musician member of Draconian, Doom:VS and Shadowgarden
Annichen Kringstad, orienteer
Daniel Arvidsson, musician, member of Draconian
Esaias Tegnér, writer and bishop
Tina Thörner, rally co-driver
Lars-Erik Torph, rally driver

References

(14 December 2011). "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010". [[Statistics Sweden]].

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

municipal-seats-of-värmland-county swedish-municipal-seats populated-places-in-säffle-municipality värmland

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Säffle — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report