 torsby municipality (torsby kommun) is a municipality in vÃ¤rmland county in west central sweden, bordering norway. its seat is located in the town of torsby. the name torsby means thor's village. the present municipality consists of eight original local government entities (as of 1863): dalby, fryksÃ¤nde, lekvattnet, norra finnskoga, norra ny, nyskoga, sÃ¶dra finnskoga, vitsand and Ãstmark. in 1952 they were grouped into four larger units and in 1974 they were all united. there are lots of finnish heritage in torsby municipality. ==transportation== torsby is the end station on the fryksdal branchline from karlstad via kil. 
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