Karlskoga, Sweden

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Karlskoga, Sweden is an industrial town in central Sweden best known for its historic arms manufacturer Bofors and its association with Alfred Nobel.

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Karlskoga 1
Karlskoga, Sweden canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipal seat
town
climate humid continental climate
country Sweden
demographicsRegion Central Sweden
governedBy Karlskoga Municipality
surface form: Karlskoga Municipal Council
hasAreaCode +46 586
hasCompany Bofors (as an arms manufacturer)
surface form: Bofors
hasCulturalSite Alfred Nobel’s Björkborn manor
Nobel Museum
surface form: Nobel Museum Karlskoga
hasFacility Karlskoga airfield
hasIndustrialHeritage arms production
engineering workshops
steel industry
hasIndustrySector chemical industry
defence industry
metalworking industry
hasMunicipalCode 1883
hasNearbyCity Degerfors Municipality
surface form: Degerfors

Kristinehamn
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.karlskoga.se
hasPostalCodePrefix 691
hasRiver Timsälven
hasSportsClub Bofors IK
KB Karlskoga FF
hasTransport European route E18
national road 205
historicallyAssociatedWith Alfred Nobel
Bofors weapons testing
knownFor arms manufacturer Bofors
association with Alfred Nobel
engineering industry
heavy industry
languageUsed Swedish
locatedEastOf Karlstad
locatedIn Karlskoga Municipality
Värmland County
surface form: Värmland region of Sweden

Örebro County
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
locatedOn Lake Möckeln
locatedWestOf Örebro
partOf Närke
surface form: Närke and Värmland border area

historical province of Värmland
usesCurrency Swedish krona

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Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) headquartersLocation Karlskoga, Sweden
subject surface form: Bofors
Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) locatedIn Karlskoga, Sweden
subject surface form: Bofors
this entity surface form: Karlskoga