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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Robertsfors
|image_skyline          = Thurdinska gården.jpg
|image_caption          = [[Thurdinska gården]] in Robertsfors
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = left
|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Sweden]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Robertsfors Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Västerbotten County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Västerbotten]]
|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=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 2.15
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 2,004 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 931
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|64|12|N|20|51|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                = 
}}
'''Robertsfors''' is a [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Robertsfors Municipality]] in [[Västerbotten County]], [[Sweden]] with 2,004 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

Robertsfors is named after the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who, together with John Jennings, founded an ironworks there in 1751.

== Well known people from Robertsfors ==
*[[Maria Andersson (musician)|Maria Andersson]], musician, member of [[Sahara Hotnights]]
*[[Josephine Forsman]], musician, member of [[Sahara Hotnights]] and [[Casablanca_(band)|Casablanca]]
*[[Jennie Asplund]], musician, member of [[Sahara Hotnights]]
*[[Johanna Asplund]], musician, member of [[Sahara Hotnights]]
*[[Frida Hyvönen]], musician
*[[Jennifer Granholm]], second-generation descendant of [[Swedish Canadian]] emigrants from Robertsfors, where her great-grandfather was mayor

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[[Category:Populated places in Robertsfors Municipality]]
[[Category:Municipal seats of Västerbotten County]]
[[Category:Swedish municipal seats]]


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