Filipstad municipality would like to welcome You to come
and experience a rich manufacturing heritage, breathtaking
scenary set in Bergslagen and a unique local cultural history.
The area has been strongly influenced by the wealth of different
mineral resources available locally and today you can visit a
number of industrial monuments. There are a number of mines,
mills and works that bring to life the daily life of people during
the early part of industrialisation.
Today Filipstad municipality has a population of around 11.100.
Filipstad town is the second oldest town in the region of Värmland-
it´s town privileges dating back to 1611 when it was founded by
King Karl IX whose son Karl Filip gave name to the town.
Here you will come across a fusion of modern and the original
buildings. The town is perhaps most commonly associated with
Wasa crispbread and the poet Nils Ferlin, but here in the
municipality, more precisely in LÃ¥ngban, two Swedish greats
were born; the innovator John Ericsson and his brother Nils whom
had a great success building canals and sluices both in Sweden
and abroud.