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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.4835,Lat: 59.5357
Elevation	55 meter above sea level
Local time	5:53:01am
Name province/region	Värmlands län
Name Subregion	Forshaga

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dyvelsten	3.5 km	SouthWest
2 Deje	7.5 km	North
3 Vallargärdet	8.6 km	SouthEast
4 Kil	10 km	WestSouthWest
5 Skåre	11 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	161 km	WestNorthWest
2 Stockholm	Sweden	264 km	East
3 København	Denmark	428 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Kattegat is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 128 km (direction WestSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Norway.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gota main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Skagerrak and Kattegat. The nearest bigger lake is Mellan-Fryken (60.3 km² at a distance of 8 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 80.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Värmland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 153 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karlstad Airport (at a distance of 13 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

48.8 km2

62.2%

Nature

3.4 km2

4.3%

Wet nature

3.3 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

13.3 km2

16.9%

Urban area

4 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

4.6 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forshaga in country Sweden

Forshaga at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	150 km	EastNorthEast
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	154 km	SouthWest
3 Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun	Sweden	168 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pannkakan	SE	7.5 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Forshaga
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forshaga

Type of weather in Forshaga	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	16 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	04:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam