Björneborg, Sweden

Björneborg
Björneborg
	Björneborg
	Coordinates: 59°15′N14°15′E / 59.250°N 14.250°E Coordinates: 59°15′N14°15′E / 59.250°N 14.250°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Värmland
County	Värmland County
Municipality	Kristinehamn Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	1.57 km2 (0.61 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010) [1]
• Total	1,099
• Density	700/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Last updated March 14, 2019

Björneborg is a locality situated in Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 1,099 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

Kristinehamn Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kristinehamn.

Värmland County is a county or län in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Hedmark to the west. Prince Carl Philip is Duke of Värmland.

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.

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References

1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

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[scb-1] 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.