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Karlstad is a city in Värmland, Sweden. The city has 58,544 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 83,500. It is the seat of Karlstad Municipality and the capital of Värmland County. Karlstad has a University and a Cathedral. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The terminology on urban areas in Sweden is notoriously hard to translate to people outside of Scandinavia because they are unique and because some terms are only used for statistical purposes and are not used by laymen. ... â–¶(?) is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. ... This page deals with both Karlstad Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Karlstad Karlstad Municipality (pop. ... Värmland County, or Värmlands län, is a county or län in west central Sweden. ... For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... For other uses, see Cathedral (disambiguation). ...

Karlstad is built on the river delta where Sweden's longest river, Klarälven, runs into Sweden's largest lake, Vänern. It has the second largest lake port in the country after Västerås. River Klarälven (Clear river in Swedish[1]) is the longest river of Sweden. ... Map of Sweden; Vänern in the middle south. ... Location of the city in Sweden. ...

Karlstad is often associated with sunshine and the symbol for Karlstad is a happy sun. Karlstad is reputed to be one of the sunniest town's in Sweden and a local waitress, known as "Sola i Karlstad" (Sun in Karlstad) for her sunny disposition is also commemorated with a statue.

History

Illustation of Karlstad's road network; its cathedral; the governor's residence

The peace monument erected on the city square on the 50th anniversary of the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden

On Karlstad's largest islet, there was a place of counsel called Tingvalla in the medieval age, which had roots from the Viking Age before 1000 AD. It was also used as a market place. Download high resolution version (1832x2776, 743 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1832x2776, 743 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 322 KB) Summary An image of the peace monument of Karlstad, erected 50 years after the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 322 KB) Summary An image of the peace monument of Karlstad, erected 50 years after the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... Viking Age is the term denoting the years from about 800 to 1066 in Scandinavian History[1][2][3]. // The Vikings have been much maligned in European history, due in large part to their violent attacks on Christians in the first centuries of their excursions out of Scandinavia. ... Europe in 1000 The year 1000 of the Gregorian Calendar was the last year of the 10th century as well as the last year of the first millennium. ... A thing or ting (Old Norse and Icelandic: þing; other modern Scandinavian: ting) was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. ...

Karlstad was granted its city charter on March 5, 1584 by the Swedish Duke Charles, who would later be crowned King Charles IX of Sweden. The city derives its name from the King – Karlstad literally means Charles' city. The Duke also granted Karlstad the right as a governmental seat in the region, and gave it a substantial amount of land. This article is about the day. ... 1584 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. ...

The Duke built his own house in the city, which is referred to as Kungsgården (The King's Manor). Karlstad's Cathedral was built on the location Kungsgården in 1724 - 1730 by Christian Haller. Events January 14 - King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne February 20 - The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London June 23 - Treaty of Constantinople signed. ... Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina Births April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. ...

A significant coup d'état of modern Swedish history had its roots in Karlstad. During the night of 7th March 1809, Georg Adlersparre used the part of the western army that was situated in Värmland to occupy Karlstad. From there he officially proclaimed a revolution, and during 9th March, he and his soldiers began their successful march toward the capital to end the reign of king Gustav IV Adolf. Coup redirects here. ... Count Georg Adlersparre (March 28, 1760 - September 23, 1835) was a Swedish army commander. ... Gustav IV Adolf (1778-1837), king of Sweden, of the house Holstein-Gottorp, was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and born at Stockholm on November 1, 1778. ...

Karlstad has suffered four major fires. Only the cathedral and a few houses remained after the last fire on July 2, 1865. Karlstad was thereafter rebuilt according to a grid pattern with wide streets surrounded by trees. is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

In 1905, the agreement to dissolve the union between Norway and Sweden was signed in Karlstad. Postcard with photo of Prince Carl of Denmark, candidate for king. ...

Karlstad Town Square

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Sport and recreation

Ice hockey team Färjestads BK (home arena Löfbergs Lila Arena) has won the Swedish Championship several times, most recently in 2006. Färjestads BK (often referred to as FBK or Färjestad) is a Swedish professional ice hockey team, and one of the most successful teams in Swedish hockey. ... Löfbergs Lila Arena is an arena in Karlstad, Sweden. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Boltic-Göta is a bandy club formed in 2000 by the merger of two of the historically most successful bandy clubs in Sweden, IF Boltic and IF Karlstad-Göta. Their home arena, Tingvalla Isstadion, is claimed to be Europe's largest artificially frozen area. Look up bandy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... IF Boltic was a Swedish sports club from the town Karlstad. ...

OK Tyr is one of the largest orienteering clubs in Sweden. OK Tyr won Tiomila in 1989 and 1990. OK Tyr is an orienteering club in Karlstad. ... The international orienteering symbol. ... Tiomila is an orienteering race held annually in Sweden since 1945. ...

IF Göta have a number of international athletes and host the annual athletics meet Götagalan. There is an outdoor athletics track at Tingvalla IP and an indoor track (200 m) in Våxnäshall. There are many sawdust jogging trails, some of which are lit.

Klarälvsbanan, a 90 km, asphalted railway line, runs from Karlstad to Hagfors. It is popular amongst cyclists, inlines skaters and roller skiers. Hagfors is a Municipality in Värmland County, in west central Sweden. ...

There are a large number of open-air bathing places, both in Vänern and other lakes in the municipality. Sundstabadet has a 25 m indoor swimming pool. Map of Sweden; Vänern in the middle south. ...

Fishing and watersports are popular activities.

Karlstad is also the home of Karlstads Rugby Klubb. American football team, Carlstad Crusaders, have achieved some notoriety by repeatedly reaching the the Swedish playoff final ... and losing.

The Swedish Rally, with world championship status, is held annually in Värmland and Karlstad is a regular host of start, finish and special stages.

Education

Several upper secondary schools (gymnasium) offer the most common range of courses usually available throughout Sweden, including the IB Diploma Programme. The majority of students in Värmland need to commute or move to Karlstad for their upper secondary education. Tertiary education is offered by Karlstad University, which was granted university status in 1999. The International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is an educational programme examined in one of three languages (English, French or Spanish) and is a university entrance course. ... Karlstad University or Karlstads universitet is a state university in Karlstad, Sweden. ... This article is about the year. ...

External links

• Official site

Karlstad is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden.

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