Sunne, Sweden

Sunne is a locality and the seat of Sunne Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 10,000 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

Sunne
Sunne Sound and Sunne Church in March 2010
Sunne
Coordinates: 59°50′N 13°08′E
CountrySweden
ProvinceVärmland
CountyVärmland County
MunicipalitySunne Municipality
Area
 • Total4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total4,931
 • Density1,078/km2 (2,790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The town straddles the sound connecting Övre Fryken (Northern lake) with Mellan-Fryken (Middle lake).

Printing and packaging are significant industries in Sunne. The companies Tetra Pak and Miller Graphics have facilities in the town and the local college provides a specialist course in printing technology.

In the summer there is a large music festival.

The painter Tage Åsén who made the cover paintings for two of his books about Sunne and who currently is working on his project about Sunne called Brobytornet (the Broby Tower). Broby is the name Selma Lagerlöf gave Sunne in her books. Each year The Foundation Selma Lagerlöf Literary Prize awards a prominent Swedish writer.

Notable people

References
  1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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