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Torsby

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Torsby

Central Torsby

Torsby

Area

^[1]

• Total

5.49 km² (2.12 sq mi)

Population

(31 December 2010)^[1]

• Total

4,049

• Density

738/km² (1,910/sq mi)

• Summer (DST)

Torsby (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈtǔːʂbʏ])^[2] is a locality and the seat of Torsby MunicipalityinVärmland County, Sweden with 4,049 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby.^[3]^[4]

There is an airport located near the locality with flights to Stockholm Arlanda Airport^[5]

Notable people[edit]

Football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and footballer Marcus Berg are both from Torsby.
Monica Kristensen Solås, a glaciologist, meteorologist, polar explorer and crime novelist, was born in Torsby in 1950.

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 25.

^ "Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 October 2010. (subscription required)

^ Grassman, Oliver (15 June 2006). "Världens längsta skidtunnel är klar". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2010.