Editing Kramfors

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Kramfors
| image_skyline      = Kramfors 20220928.jpg
| image_caption      = Kramfors
| pushpin_map        = Sweden Västernorrland#Sweden
| pushpin_label_position = 
| subdivision_type   = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name   = [[Sweden]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Kramfors Municipality]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Västernorrland County]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Ångermanland]]
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 7.34
| population_as_of   = 31 December 2010
| population_footnotes = <ref name=scb />
| population_total   = 5,990 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
| population_density_km2 = 816
| timezone           = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset         = +1
| timezone_DST       = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +2
| coordinates        = {{coord|62|56|N|17|48|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
| blank_name         = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info         = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]
| website            = {{URL|https://kramfors.se/}}
}}
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'''Kramfors''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈkrɑ̂ːmfɔʂ}})<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0018.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=14}}</ref> is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Kramfors Municipality]] in [[Västernorrland County]], [[Sweden]]. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

The town grew on the western bank of the [[Ångerman]] river in the 19th century as harvested logs were floated downriver to be processed at local sawmills and [[pulp mill]]s. Christopher Kramm introduced the river's first steam-driven saw, naming it after himself. The name of the town in turn derives from his name and the word {{lang|sv|fors}} ("[[rapids|rapid]]"). In the 1960s and 1970s, as the timber industry went into decline, the population of Kramfors declined as well.

The original settlement of Kramfors was located in Gudmundrå municipality, but in 1889 received the status of a so-called {{lang|sv|municipalsamhälle}} or [[borough]], still remaining part of the original municipality. In 1947 it was awarded [[Stad (Sweden)|city]] status, one of the last in the country to do so. Since municipal reform in 1974, it serves as the seat of Kramfors Municipality.

The municipality of Kramfors has about 20,000 inhabitants, and is situated almost in the middle of Sweden's east coast in Northern Sweden. Within 100 kilometres from Kramfors there is a population of about 250,000 people, and within 200 kilometres about half a million people, and the large Norrland towns of [[Sundsvall]] and [[Umeå]] are within commuting distance.

Kramfors is probably best known for its beautiful and varied [[High Coast]] landscape, which has been given World Heritage status, and which provides the inhabitants with the opportunity of an outdoors lifestyle.

One of the [[tennis]] academies of Sweden is situated in Kramfors.

Kramfors also hosts the [[Folke Bernadotte Academy]], a government agency focused on improving international conflict and crisis management, with a special interest in peace operations. It offers courses in peacekeeping intelligence and information operations that are open to all nations and to non-governmental organizations.

== Notable people ==
*[[Sune Bergman]] (1952–2021), former professional [[ice hockey]] player.
*[[Einar Blidberg]] (1906–1993), a [[Swedish Navy]] officer.
*[[Erika Grahm]] (born 1991), former professional ice hockey player.
*[[Mario Kempe]] (born 1988), current [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]] player for the [[HC Dinamo Minsk]].
*[[Adrian Kempe]] (born 1996), current [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player for the [[Los Angeles Kings]]. 
*[[Sandra Näslund]] (born 1996), a [[Freestyle skiing|freestyle skier]].
*[[Mattias Norlinder]] (born 2000), current NHL player for the [[Montreal Canadiens]].
*[[Anna Olsson (cross-country skier)|Anna Olsson]] (born 1976), [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympic]] [[Cross-country skiing|cross-country skier]].
*[[Gunnar Östberg]] (1923–2017), Winter Olympic cross-country skier.
*[[Tobias Viklund]] (born 1986), professional ice hockey player.
*[[Magnus Wernblom]] (born 1973), former professional ice hockey player.

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