Rottneros
Encyclopedia
Rottneros is a locality
situated in Sunne Municipality
, Värmland County
, Sweden
with 444 inhabitants in 2005.Rottneros means "roaring river mouth" in old swedish. The river Rottnan
used to have three waterfalls close to the discharge in to lake Fryken
. The waterfalls were built in 1927 for hydroelectric power.
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...
situated in Sunne Municipality
Sunne Municipality
Sunne Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Sunne.The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town Sunne was amalgamated with Gräsmark and Lysvik.-Localities:*Lysvik*Rottneros*Sunne *Uddheden*Västra...
, 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 :...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 444 inhabitants in 2005.Rottneros means "roaring river mouth" in old swedish. The river Rottnan
Rottnan
Rottnan is a 110 km long river in Norway and Sweden. The river starts south of Hof Finnskog in Solør, Norway and discharges into lake Fryken at Rottneros in Värmland, Sweden....
used to have three waterfalls close to the discharge in to lake Fryken
Fryken
Fryken is a chain of three lakes in Värmland, Sweden: Upper, Middle and Lower Fryken. The lakes are separated by two sounds, Sunnesundet and Nilsbysundet. The total length of Fryken is 80 km, but it is only 3 km wide at the widest part. The maximum depth is 120...
. The waterfalls were built in 1927 for hydroelectric power.