Valåsen och Labbsand

Valåsen och Labbsand (lit. 'Valåsen and Labbsand') is a locality (tätort) situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 354 inhabitants in 2020.^[1]

Valåsen och Labbsand
Valåsen Manor in the 1890s
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Coordinates: 59°18′N 14°34′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Värmland
County	Örebro County
Municipality	Karlskoga Municipality
Population  (2020)
• Total	354
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Established in 2015, but had previously been part of Karlskoga, according to Statistics Sweden.

Geography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2015	321	—
2016	323	+0.6%
2017	337	+4.3%
2018	353	+4.7%
2020	354	+0.3%

Valåsen och Labbsand is near the course of the River Valån. The area is completely located in the Karlskoga Municipality.

The locality lies mostly to the south of Valåsen Manor, and is bounded notionally by Kilsbergen (the low mountainous ridge) to the east, Lake Möckeln to the west, Degerfors Municipality to the south. To the north is a subdivision of Moelven Industrier, Moelven Valåsen AB.^[2]

The area is mostly residential, the particular exception being Karlskoga Golf Club.

Bus services run to both Central Karlskoga and Degerfors.

History

In 1632, Valåsen was established as an ironworks, the very first works in the Karlskoga Socken.^[3] The ironworks was disestablished in 1918.

Notable people

• Erland von Hofsten, ironmaster
• Nils von Hofsten, politician
• Johanna Christina von Hofsten, Swedish-language children's writer
• Stina Swartling, writer