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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Hofors Municipality |
| County | Gävleborg County |
| Province | Gästrikland |
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| - Total | 7. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Municipalities of Sweden ( kommun) are the Local government entities of Sweden. Hofors Municipality ( Hofors kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The Counties of Sweden, or Län, are the first level administrative and political Subdivisions of Sweden. Gävleborg County ( Gävleborgs län) is a county or Län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. The provinces of Sweden, Landskap, are historical geographical and cultural regions is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 08 km² (2. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 7,021 |
| - Density | 992/km² (2,569. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Hofors is an industrial town (pop. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time 9,500) in Gästrikland, Sweden and the seat of Hofors Municipality, Gävleborg County. is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Hofors Municipality ( Hofors kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Gävleborg County ( Gävleborgs län) is a county or Län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden.
The town of Hofors evolved around an iron industry in the 17th century, which eventually developed into one of Sweden's foremost ironworks, and a subsidiary of the SKF concern. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity SKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB, later AB SKF, is a Swedish bearing Company founded in 1907 supplying bearings seals