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{{About|a Swedish town|the area of Oslo|Filipstad, Norway}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Filipstad
|image_skyline          = Långban.jpg
|image_caption          = [[Långban]]
| settlement_type = [[List of cities in Sweden|City]]
|pushpin_map            = Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = 
|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Sweden]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Filipstad Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Värmland County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Värmland]]
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=scb>{{cite web|url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 6.51
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2019
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 10,644 <ref>[https://www.filipstad.se/toppmeny/kommunochpolitik/omkommunen/statistik.19.html Updated population list on the towns official website]</ref>
|population_density_km2 = 925
|blank1_name            = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
|blank1_info            = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|59|43|N|14|10|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                = 
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'''Filipstad''' is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Filipstad Municipality]], [[Värmland County]], [[Sweden]], with 10,644 inhabitants in 2019.<ref>[https://www.filipstad.se/toppmeny/kommunochpolitik/omkommunen/statistik.19.html Updated population numbers for the towns official website]</ref>

Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by [[Charles IX of Sweden]], who named it after his son [[Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland|Duke Carl Philip]] (1601&ndash;1622; younger brother of [[Gustavus Adolphus]]).

After a major fire destroyed forest and town in 1694, Filipstad lost its privileges, as it was believed the remaining forest would not be sustainable if the town were to be rebuilt. In 1835 the rights were regranted. The local government acts of 1862 made the very privileges obsolete, but the title ''stad'' [[Stad (Sweden)|(''city'')]] remained in use until the municipal reform of 1971. Since then Filipstad is the seat of the larger Filipstad Municipality. Filipstad is, despite its small population, for historical reasons, normally still referred to as a ''city''. [[Statistics Sweden]], however, only counts [[Urban areas of Sweden|localities]] with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.

At Filipstad, there is Klockarhöjdenmasten, a 330 metres tall guyed mast used for FM/TV-broadcasting.

[[Wasabröd]], the largest crisp bread manufacturer in the world, has one of its two factories in Filipstad, the other being in Celle, Germany.<ref name=wasa>{{cite web|url=http://www.wasa-usa.com/about-the-company/ |title=Wasa: About the Company<sup>2</sup> |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Wasa-usa.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314060110/http://www.wasa-usa.com/about-the-company/ |archive-date=14 March 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=13 March 2014 }}</ref>

== Notable natives ==
*[[Rasmus Asplund]], ice hockey player in NHL
*[[John Ericsson]], inventor
*[[Nils Ericsson]], engineer
*[[Nils Ferlin]], poet
*[[Anders Forsbrand]], golfer
*[[Edvin Kallstenius]], composer
*[[Magnus Norman]], tennis player

[[File:Suecia 2-058 ; Filipstad.jpg|left|thumb|Filipstad around 1700, in the work [[Suecia antiqua et hodierna]].]]{{clear}}

== See also ==

* [[Yngen lake]]

== References ==
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{{Localities in Filipstad Municipality}}
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[[Category:Populated places in Filipstad Municipality]]
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