Karlstad
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Karlstad ˈkɑːɭsta is a city
, the seat of Karlstad Municipality
, the capital of Värmland County
, and the largest city in the province Värmland
in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants. Karlstad has a university
and a cathedral
.
Karlstad is built on the river delta where Sweden's longest river, Klarälven
, runs into Sweden's largest lake, Vänern
. It has the second largest lake port in the country after Västerås
.
Karlstad is often associated with sunshine and the symbol for Karlstad is a happy sun. Karlstad is reputed to be one of the sunniest towns in Sweden and a local waitress, known as "Sola i Karlstad" (the Sun in Karlstad) for her sunny disposition, is also commemorated with a statue.
On Karlstad's largest islet, there was a place of counsel called Tingvalla in the medieval age, which had roots from the Viking Age
before 1000 AD. It was also used as a market place
.
Karlstad was granted its city charter
on March 5, 1584 by the Swedish Duke Charles, who would later be crowned King Charles IX of Sweden
. The city derives its name from the King – Karlstad literally means Charles' city. The Duke also granted Karlstad the right as a governmental seat in the region, and gave it a substantial amount of land.
The Duke built his own house in the city, which is referred to as Kungsgården (The King's Manor). Karlstad's Cathedral was built on the location Kungsgården in 1724–1730 by Christian Haller.
A significant coup d'état
of modern Swedish history had its beginning in Karlstad. During the night of 7 March 1809, lieutenant-colonel Georg Adlersparre
used the part of the western army that was stationed in Värmland to occupy Karlstad. From there officially proclaimed a revolution, and during 9 March, he and his soldiers began their successful march toward the capital to end the reign of king Gustav IV Adolf.
Karlstad has suffered four major fires. Only the cathedral and a few houses remained after the last fire on July 2, 1865. Karlstad was thereafter rebuilt according to a grid pattern
with wide streets surrounded by trees.
In 1905, the agreement to dissolve the union between Norway and Sweden was negotiated and signed in Karlstad.
are held every four years, parallel to the general elections
.
The inhabitants of Karlstad have a tendency to vote close to the national results at the general elections, making it the generally accepted Bellwether
town of Sweden.
Following the municipal election in 2010, the seats are divided as follows:
. The majority of students in Värmland need to commute or move to Karlstad for their upper secondary education
. Tertiary education
is offered by Karlstad University
, which was granted university status in 1999.
is a highly popular spectator sport in Karlstad. The most popular club is Färjestads BK
. The team plays in Elitserien
(highest level) and the home arena is Löfbergs Lila Arena
. The club has won the Swedish Championship several times, most recently in 2011, and is the most successful ice hockey club in Sweden since the foundation of Elitserien in 1975. Several other ice hockey clubs exist and Karlstad is also represented in the 1st Division of ice hockey (3rd highest level) by the team Skåre BK. The 2010 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships was also hosted by Karlstad, with Löfbergs Lila Arena as the primary site of the tournament.
Traditionally, bandy
has been the most popular winter sport in Karlstad, and the city is the home of two of the historically most successful clubs in Sweden, IF Boltic
and IF Karlstad-Göta. In 2000, the two clubs merged into BS BolticGöta
, which is now the major bandy club in Karlstad. After a successful season in Allsvenskan
2009/2010 the team qualified for Elitserien
, but was again relegated for the 2011/2012 season. The home arena, Tingvalla Ice Stadium, built in 1967, is claimed to be one of Europe's largest artificially frozen areas and is currently awaiting a decision by the municipality to eventually become renovated and transformed into an indoor ice rink.
Karlstad is a regular host of start, finish and special stages for the The Swedish Rally
. The competition has world championship status and is held annually in Värmland
.
. The club was founded in 1978, and entered the premier division of women's football, Damallsvenskan
, in 2005. The team currently plays in the 1st Division (2nd highest level), but has several players in the Swedish national team. Their home ground is Tingvalla IP
, and recently, the facility is also becoming the home ground for the football team Karlstad BK
, that plays in the mens Division 1 Norra (3rd highest level), having gained promotion following a successful 2010 season. The third highest ranking football team is Carlstad United. The club was founded in 1998 by an alliance of seven local football clubs, with the aim of providing Karlstad with an elite football team. The club was accepted by the Swedish Football Association
(SvFF) in 1999 and the team is currently playing in the mens Division 2 Norra Götaland (4th highest level). FBK Karlstad
play in Division 3 Västra Svealand.
American football
is also played on Tingvalla IP. Carlstad Crusaders plays in Superserien, the highest level and since the founding of the club in 1990, the team has attended eight finals, winning its first championship in 2010.
Karlstad is also famous for athletics. The club IF Göta has a number of international athletes and host the annual athletics meet Götagalan. There is an outdoor athletics track at Tingvalla IP and an indoor track (200 m) in Våxnäshallen.
Another prominent sports club in Karlstad is OK Tyr
, one of the largest orienteering
clubs in Sweden. OK Tyr won Tiomila
in 1989 and 1990.
, runs from Karlstad to Hagfors
. It is popular amongst cyclists, inlines skaters and roller skiers.
There are also a large number of open-air bathing places, both in Vänern
and other lakes in the municipality, and a 25 meter indoor swimming pool is provided by Sundstabadet.
Many sawdust jogging trails, some of which are lit, can be found in the city outskirts. During wintertime, several are transformed into trails for cross-country skiing
.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
, the seat of Karlstad Municipality
Karlstad Municipality
Karlstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Karlstad....
, the capital of Värmland County
Värmland County
Värmland County is a county or län in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Hedmark to the west.- Province :...
, and the largest city in the province Värmland
Värmland
' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are Vermelandia and Wermelandia. Although the province's land originally was Götaland, the...
in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants. Karlstad has a university
Karlstad University
Karlstad University is a state university in Karlstad, Sweden. The university, being a former university college was granted university status in 1999 by the Government of Sweden. Originally it was a branch of the University of Gothenburg...
and a cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
.
Karlstad is built on the river delta where Sweden's longest river, Klarälven
Klarälven
Klarälven is a river flowing through Norway and Sweden. Together with Göta älv, which it is called as the river has passed through the lake Vänern, thus regarded as an entity, Göta älv-Klarälven is the longest river in Scandinavia and in the Nordic countries and its Swedish part the longest river...
, runs into Sweden's largest lake, Vänern
Vänern
Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU and the third largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.- History :...
. It has the second largest lake port in the country after Västerås
Västerås
Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...
.
Karlstad is often associated with sunshine and the symbol for Karlstad is a happy sun. Karlstad is reputed to be one of the sunniest towns in Sweden and a local waitress, known as "Sola i Karlstad" (the Sun in Karlstad) for her sunny disposition, is also commemorated with a statue.
History
Viking Age
Viking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the late 8th to 11th centuries. Scandinavian Vikings explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. The Vikings also reached Iceland, Greenland,...
before 1000 AD. It was also used as a market place
Thing (assembly)
A thing was the governing assembly in Germanic and introduced into some Celtic societies, made up of the free people of the community and presided by lawspeakers, meeting in a place called a thingstead...
.
Karlstad was granted its city charter
Municipal charter
A city charter or town charter is a legal document establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The concept developed in Europe during the middle ages....
on March 5, 1584 by the Swedish Duke Charles, who would later be crowned King Charles IX of Sweden
Charles IX of Sweden
Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland...
. The city derives its name from the King – Karlstad literally means Charles' city. The Duke also granted Karlstad the right as a governmental seat in the region, and gave it a substantial amount of land.
The Duke built his own house in the city, which is referred to as Kungsgården (The King's Manor). Karlstad's Cathedral was built on the location Kungsgården in 1724–1730 by Christian Haller.
A significant coup d'état
Coup d'état
A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
of modern Swedish history had its beginning in Karlstad. During the night of 7 March 1809, lieutenant-colonel Georg Adlersparre
Georg Adlersparre
Count Georg Adlersparre was a Swedish army commander.Adlersparre was born in Hovermo . Having entered the army at the age of 15, he received from King Gustav III, in 1791, a secret commission to excite the Norwegians to rebellion...
used the part of the western army that was stationed in Värmland to occupy Karlstad. From there officially proclaimed a revolution, and during 9 March, he and his soldiers began their successful march toward the capital to end the reign of king Gustav IV Adolf.
Karlstad has suffered four major fires. Only the cathedral and a few houses remained after the last fire on July 2, 1865. Karlstad was thereafter rebuilt according to a grid pattern
Grid plan
The grid plan, grid street plan or gridiron plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid...
with wide streets surrounded by trees.
In 1905, the agreement to dissolve the union between Norway and Sweden was negotiated and signed in Karlstad.
Politics
Municipalities are responsible for government-mandated duties, and elections for the Municipal councilMunicipal council
A municipal council is the local government of a municipality. Specifically the term can refer to the institutions of various countries that can be translated by this term...
are held every four years, parallel to the general elections
Swedish general election, 2002
The Swedish general election of 2002 was held on Sunday 15 September to elect the 349 members to the Parliament of Sweden. This election was hels along with other elections in Sweden to the Municipalities and the County Councils. 5,385,430 of the 6,722,152 eligible to vote voted in this election .-...
.
The inhabitants of Karlstad have a tendency to vote close to the national results at the general elections, making it the generally accepted Bellwether
Bellwether
A bellwether is any entity in a given arena that serves to create or influence trends or to presage future happenings.The term is derived from the Middle English bellewether and refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram leading his flock of sheep.The movements of...
town of Sweden.
Following the municipal election in 2010, the seats are divided as follows:
| The Governing Majority | The Opposition | Independent parties |
|---|---|---|
|
Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... 23 Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations... 4 |
Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats is a political party in Sweden, founded in 1988. SD describes itself as a nationalist movement although others use the term far-right. Since 2005, its party chairman is Jimmie Åkesson, while Björn Söder is the party secretary and parliamentary group leader. An Anemone... 2 |
Education
Several upper secondary schools (gymnasium) offer the most common range of courses usually available throughout Sweden, including the IB Diploma ProgrammeIB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
. The majority of students in Värmland need to commute or move to Karlstad for their upper secondary education
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
. Tertiary education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
is offered by Karlstad University
Karlstad University
Karlstad University is a state university in Karlstad, Sweden. The university, being a former university college was granted university status in 1999 by the Government of Sweden. Originally it was a branch of the University of Gothenburg...
, which was granted university status in 1999.
Winter sports
Ice hockeyIce hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
is a highly popular spectator sport in Karlstad. The most popular club is Färjestads BK
Färjestads BK
Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
. The team plays in Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
(highest level) and the home arena is Löfbergs Lila Arena
Löfbergs Lila Arena
Löfbergs Lila Arena is an arena in Karlstad, Sweden, situated just above the river delta of Klarälven. It is primarily used for ice hockey, and is the home arena of Färjestads BK. It opened in 2001 following a complete overhaul and major expansion of the previously existing arena. It has a...
. The club has won the Swedish Championship several times, most recently in 2011, and is the most successful ice hockey club in Sweden since the foundation of Elitserien in 1975. Several other ice hockey clubs exist and Karlstad is also represented in the 1st Division of ice hockey (3rd highest level) by the team Skåre BK. The 2010 Men's World Inline Hockey Championships was also hosted by Karlstad, with Löfbergs Lila Arena as the primary site of the tournament.
Traditionally, bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
has been the most popular winter sport in Karlstad, and the city is the home of two of the historically most successful clubs in Sweden, IF Boltic
IF Boltic
IF Boltic was a Swedish sports club from the town Karlstad. It existed from 1946 to 2000. In 2000, IF Boltic was merged with IF Karlstad-Göta and formed the new club BS BolticGöta.-Men's team:...
and IF Karlstad-Göta. In 2000, the two clubs merged into BS BolticGöta
BS BolticGöta
BS BolticGöta, or for short "BG", is a bandy club in Karlstad, Sweden.The two major bandy clubs in Karlstad, IF Boltic and IF Karlstad-Göta, was merged in the year 2000 and founded Föreningen Bandysällskapet BolticGöta Karlstad, in a shorter form called BS BolticGöta....
, which is now the major bandy club in Karlstad. After a successful season in Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (bandy)
Allsvenskan is since the 2007–08 the second highest level of bandy in Sweden and comprises 30 teams in three groups. Allsvenskan succeeded Allsvenskan and Elitserien.-Season structure:...
2009/2010 the team qualified for Elitserien
Elitserien (bandy)
The Elitserien is since the 2007–08 season the highest bandy league in Sweden. It consist of 14 teams. The season ends with a final on Studenternas IP in Uppsala. From 2013 the final will be played in Swedbank Arena, Solna....
, but was again relegated for the 2011/2012 season. The home arena, Tingvalla Ice Stadium, built in 1967, is claimed to be one of Europe's largest artificially frozen areas and is currently awaiting a decision by the municipality to eventually become renovated and transformed into an indoor ice rink.
Karlstad is a regular host of start, finish and special stages for the The Swedish Rally
Swedish Rally
The Uddeholm Swedish Rally , formerly the Swedish Rally, is an automobile rally competition held in Värmland, Sweden in early February. First held in 1950, when it was called the Rally to the Midnight Sun with start and finish at separate locations, seventeen years later both start and finish...
. The competition has world championship status and is held annually in Värmland
Värmland
' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are Vermelandia and Wermelandia. Although the province's land originally was Götaland, the...
.
Summer sports
Several football clubs exist, and the highest ranking team is QBIKQBIK
QBIK is a Swedish football team from Karlstad. In 2005 they achieved promotion to the Damallsvenskan, which is the women's premier division. The team norrowly missed relegation with a 10th place, but was relegated in 2007 having finished in last 12th place...
. The club was founded in 1978, and entered the premier division of women's football, Damallsvenskan
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ladies' all-Swedish, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred as to the women's Allsvenskan, this term being used alone to refer to the men's division....
, in 2005. The team currently plays in the 1st Division (2nd highest level), but has several players in the Swedish national team. Their home ground is Tingvalla IP
Tingvalla IP
Tingvalla Idrottsplats, Tingvalla IP, is a stadium in Karlstad, Sweden and is the home ground of the football team Carlstad United and the American football team Carlstad crusaders. It is also used for athletic events and other sports and gatherings....
, and recently, the facility is also becoming the home ground for the football team Karlstad BK
Karlstad BK
Karlstad BK is a Swedish football club located in Karlstad in Värmland County.-Background:Since their foundation on 19 October 1923 Karlstad BK has participated mainly in the second and third tiers of the Swedish football league system. As of 2011 the club currently plays in Division 1 Norra, which...
, that plays in the mens Division 1 Norra (3rd highest level), having gained promotion following a successful 2010 season. The third highest ranking football team is Carlstad United. The club was founded in 1998 by an alliance of seven local football clubs, with the aim of providing Karlstad with an elite football team. The club was accepted by the Swedish Football Association
Swedish Football Association
The Swedish Football Association is the governing body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues — Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women — and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA...
(SvFF) in 1999 and the team is currently playing in the mens Division 2 Norra Götaland (4th highest level). FBK Karlstad
FBK Karlstad
FBK Karlstad is a Swedish football club located in Karlstad in Värmland County.-Background:Fotbollsklubben Karlstad was founded in 1971. The club has a large youth section which runs many teams...
play in Division 3 Västra Svealand.
American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
is also played on Tingvalla IP. Carlstad Crusaders plays in Superserien, the highest level and since the founding of the club in 1990, the team has attended eight finals, winning its first championship in 2010.
Karlstad is also famous for athletics. The club IF Göta has a number of international athletes and host the annual athletics meet Götagalan. There is an outdoor athletics track at Tingvalla IP and an indoor track (200 m) in Våxnäshallen.
Another prominent sports club in Karlstad is OK Tyr
OK Tyr
OK Tyr is an orienteering club in Karlstad. In membership numbers it is one of the larger orienteering clubs in Sweden. The club was formed in 1936. The name was not, as may be thought, derived directly from the Norse god Tyr. One of the founding members, Anders Forsell, was inspired by a Canadian...
, one of the largest orienteering
Orienteering
Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
clubs in Sweden. OK Tyr won Tiomila
Tiomila
Tiomila or 10 Mila is an orienteering race held annually in Sweden since 1945. It is a 10 man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of 5 daylight legs....
in 1989 and 1990.
Public facilities
Sport facilities in Karlstad, open to public, are such as Klarälvsbanan, a 90 km, asphalted railway lineRail tracks
The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers and ballast , plus the underlying subgrade...
, runs from Karlstad to Hagfors
Hagfors
Hagfors is a locality and the seat of Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 5,403 inhabitants in 2005.Its history is traced to 1873, when it was decided to build two blast furnaces at the location....
. It is popular amongst cyclists, inlines skaters and roller skiers.
There are also a large number of open-air bathing places, both in Vänern
Vänern
Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the EU and the third largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.- History :...
and other lakes in the municipality, and a 25 meter indoor swimming pool is provided by Sundstabadet.
Many sawdust jogging trails, some of which are lit, can be found in the city outskirts. During wintertime, several are transformed into trails for cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
.
Notable natives
- Bengt Alsterlind, television host (Hajk)
- JH EngströmJH EngstromJH Engström is a photographer and artist based in Stockholm.-Biography:In 1997 he graduated from the Photography and Film department at Gothenburg University...
, contemporary photographer - Stefan HolmStefan HolmStefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...
, notable high jumper, 2004 Olympic2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
gold medalist - Zarah LeanderZarah LeanderZarah Leander was a Swedish actress and singer.Leander began her career in the late 1920s, and by the mid 1930s her success in Europe, particularly in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, led to invitations to work in the United States...
, notable UFAUniversum Film AGUniversum Film AG, better known as UFA or Ufa, is a film company that was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema from 1917 to 1945...
actress - Sven-Erik Magnusson, singer/dance bandDansbandDansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...
artist (Sven-IngvarsSven-IngvarsSven-Ingvars is a pop/rock group from Slottsbron, Sweden. The band was formed in 1956 by Sven Svärd, drums Ingvar Karlsson, guitar and accordion and Sven-Erik Magnusson, song, guitar and clarinet. Later Rune Bergman joined on bass guitar and even later Sven-Olof Petersson on tenor and baritone...
) - Thomas RhodinThomas RhodinThomas Rhodin is an ice hockey defenceman and is currently a player of Leksands IF.- Career :Rhodin started his career with Färjestad in 1989 and has played a total of twelve season with them...
, ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player (four times Swedish Champion with Färjestads BKFärjestads BKFärjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
) - Adam RundqvistAdam RundqvistAdam Rundkvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey player. He played with Färjestads BK in the Elitserien during the 2010–11 Elitserien season.-External links:...
, Elitserien ice hockey player - Christer SjögrenChrister SjögrenChrister Sjögren, born April 6, 1950 in Hagfors, Sweden, is a Swedish dansband and rock singer. Most people know him as the singer in the Swedish dansband Vikingarna.By mid 1978 he became a member of Vikingarna, earlier he sang in the band Pelles Orkester....
, rockRock musicRock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
/dansbandDansbandDansband is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik . Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock...
singer (Vikingarna) - Ulf SternerUlf SternerUlf Ivar Erik "Uffe" Sterner is a Swedish retired ice hockey forward. He played in nine IIHF World Championships for Sweden, where the team won seven medals: one gold, five silver, and one bronze. He was also a member of the silver medal team at the 1964 Winter Olympics...
, ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player (first Swede to play in the National Hockey LeagueNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
)