Sunne, Sweden

Sunne
Sunne Sound and Sunne Church in March 2010
Sunne
Coordinates: 59°50′N 13°08′E / 59.833°N 13.133°ECoordinates: 59°50′N 13°08′E / 59.833°N 13.133°E
Country	Sweden
Province	Värmland
County	Värmland County
Municipality	Sunne Municipality
Area[1]
• Total	4.57 km^2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	4,931
• Density	1,078/km^2 (2,790/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Sunne is a locality and the seat of Sunne Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 4,931 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

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

• Sven-Göran Eriksson, former coach of the national football team of England, was born in Sunne and has a house on the outskirts of the town.
• Ursula and Sabina Eriksson - unrelated to Sven-Göran Eriksson - were born and raised in Sunne.
• Sunne was also the home of the Nobel Prize in Literature winner Selma Lagerlöf after whom the town's two hotels are named.
• Stefan Steen (born 1993) is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender.
• Prominent Swedish author Göran Tunström was born and raised in Sunne.

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.