The History tour

Through nature and the history of Hagfors

Hagfors is known for its beauty of nature. The surrounding offers everything people seek for, beautiful lakes, perspectives, rich flora and fauna and the beauty of the restful peace ness of one of Sweden's biggest rivers, the Klarälven, flowing through this landscape. Furthermore the region has an interesting and rich history. Hagfors is an early industrial area, mainly caused by the Uddeholms company, the former business that owned more than half of the Värmland county and that was established in Uddeholm, Uddeholms company has, as employer, always been responsible for a brought variety of social classes, from rich to very poor, from labourer to director, with immigration to the region for centuries from Finland, Belgium, Netherlands en Norway. The combination of the beautiful surrounding with the richness in history has been the base of the "History tour", which leads you in a pleasant way along many historical places. It is not our intention to make you an expert about the events of the past, furthermore it is our intention to let you enjoy everything Hagfors has to offer, to lead you away from the major roads and to let you fall in love with this beautiful community.

Those who have composed this tour have enjoyed this very much, hopefully as much as you will enjoy it making this tour.

Start & Finish Uddeholms Hotell
Difficulty Easy
Lenght 160 km
Time needed 6/9 hours
Special condition required No
Eating and drinking It is included in the price
Price 200 SEK per set, including drinks, lunch and sweets, and a nice surprice afterwards