Örbyhus is a
locality situated in
Tierp Municipality,
Uppsala County,
Sweden
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with 2,153 inhabitants in 2018.
, located a few kilometers from the village, is where king
Eric XIV of Sweden was imprisoned until his death from
arsenic poisoning on 26 February 1577.
History
Libbarbo was a farm property located south of what is now Örbyhus, dating back to the 13th century. In the 1820s Libbarbo was a large farm with a number of buildings as well as a croft for a
croft soldier.
In 1874, a railway station on the new railroad which connected Stockholm with Gävle was built, and formed the nucleus of the new village Örbyhus. The politician Balzar von Platen (son of the
naval officer Balzar von Platen, who constructed
Göta Canal
The Göta Canal ( sv, Göta kanal) is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century.
The canal is long, of which were dug or blasted, with a width varying between and a maximum depth of about .Uno Svedin, Britt Hägerhäll Anianss ...
) was Count of Örbyhus Castle at the time, and he may have influenced the placement of the station.
Several factories and other industries were built in Örbyhus in the early 20th century: a steam sawmill, two bed factories, and a manufacturer of harrows and other farm equipment. Bröderna Larssons Snickeri- & Skidfabrik, a ski manufacturer which also made garden furniture, kick sleds and toboggans, was built in 1905, and Örbyhus also had two textile factories in the first half of the 20th century.
References
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Populated places in Uppsala County
Populated places in Tierp Municipality