Färnebo

Färnebo lies in the iron-mining country of eastern Värmland, among lakes and forests near Persberg. Ore extraction and smelting helped establish settlements in the district, known as Värmlandsberg, where the mining villages around Persberg and Nordmark appeared in the land register of 1540. A wooden church and market stood near Lake Färnsjön, serving the people of the mining country.

In 1606 Charles IX ordered the church and market moved to the northern end of Lake Daglösen, where boats could more easily reach the site. The new town of Filipstad received its town privileges in 1611 and was named for the king’s son Charles Philip, and Färnebo's church was moved there. The surrounding mines and furnaces continued to shape the district, with ironworking drawing labour and supplies from a wide area of forest and farmland.