Filipstad

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Filipstad (also; Philipstad, Filipstad is a locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 6,022 inhabitants in 2010.[ Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip (1601–1622; 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 (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 localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.

See also; Persberg (Filipstad 2)

Timeline:

  • Philipstad 1819-1869
  • Filipstad 1870-1968 then offices split
  • Filipstad 1 1968-1990 under Filipstad office
  • Filipstad 2 1968-1990 formerley Persberg which came under its control
  • Filipstad 1990- present

Postmark Examples

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Type 15 FILIPSTAD cancel alongside a Type 41 FILIPSTAD 2 TUR cancel
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Covers

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Letter from Filipstad 2 (Persberg office) sent to Karlstad