Lesjöfors
Place in Värmland, Sweden
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Lesjöfors is a locality situated in Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 1,062 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Lesjöfors
Lesjoforso (in Esperanto) | |
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Skandinava Esperanto-Domo in Lesjöfors | |
  Lesjöfors Location within Sweden | |
| Coordinates: 59°59′N 14°11′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Värmland |
| County | Värmland County |
| Municipality | Filipstad Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.45 km2 (0.95 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 1,062 |
| • Density | 433/km2 (1,120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
Located in the Bergslagen area, where mining and metal preparation historically was the leading industry, the town grew up around the local industry (bruk) founded there in 1642.
Lesjöfors was the site of the International Youth Congress of Esperanto in 2003, held in a Esperanto guesthouse, formerly known as Esperanto-Gården. The building, now called Skandinava Esperanto-Domo (also Esperanto Houses in Malaga and La Chaux-de-Fonds[2]), hosts the Research Institute of Esperantology[3].
It is famous within Sweden for bandy and has produced many players for the Sweden national bandy team. It has hosted a stage of the Swedish rally.
Gallery
Station of Lesjöfors.
The city museum.
The steel mill.
