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Kramfors

Kramfors () is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010.

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Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Västernorrland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Ångermanland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7.34
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 5,990
Settlement.population_density_km2: 816
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.official_name: Kramfors
Settlement.image_skyline: Kramfors 20220928.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Kramfors
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Västernorrland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality

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Kramfors () is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010.

The town grew on the western bank of the Ångerman river in the 19th century as harvested logs were floated downriver to be processed at local sawmills and pulp mills. Christopher Kramm introduced the river's first steam-driven saw, naming it after himself. The name of the town in turn derives from his name and the word ("rapid"). In the 1960s and 1970s, as the timber industry went into decline, the population of Kramfors declined as well.