Degerfors (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈdêːɡɛrˌfɔʂ]) is a locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden, with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010. Degerfors has traditionally been an industrial community closely connected to the large ironworks. The settlement (originally called Johannelund) grew up around this industry and got the status of a municipalsamhälle (a type of borough within a municipality) in 1912. Today it acts as seat of the larger Degerfors Municipality. Degerfors is famous for its successful football team Degerfors IF and for hosting the site of Sveafallen, a geological landscape of small canyons and giant's kettles. There is a narrow-gauge railway connecting it with Bredsjö, the Bredsjö–Degerfors Järnväg.
Degerfors bruk (Bruk) [sv]
Degerfors bruk (swedish)
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Name
Degerfors bruk
Swedish
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Establishment
1654
Type
Swedish
History
Georgen Camitz erhöll 15 juni 1654 mutsedel på bruksdrift i Degernäs ström av bergmästaern Sten Andersson och den 16 oktober 1660 bergskollegiets privilegium på en hammare, detta blev det s k Nedre Degerfors. Den 8 oktober 1666 fick Camitz privilegium på ännu en härd och hammare, vilket blev Övre Degerfors. Från början av 1871 var de båda Degerforsbruken uppköpta av Degerfors Aktiebolag. 1886 övergick verksamheten till Strömsnäs Järnverks Aktiebolag.
Swedish
Reference
Kalender för Sveriges bergshantering.. (1905-1926). Göteborg: J. Hyberg
Swedish
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