Bjurtjärn socken is a former

socken Socken is the name used for a part of a county in Sweden. In Denmark similar areas are known as ''sogn'', in Norway ''sokn'' or ''sogn'' and in Finland ''pitäjä'' ''(socken)''. A socken is a country-side area that was formed around a church, ...

Värmland Värmland () also known as Wermeland, is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are ''Va ...

, Sweden. It was established in 1630, when

Karlskoga Karlskoga () is a locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality, Sweden. Located within Örebro County, 45 km (28 mi) west of Örebro, and 10 km (6 mi) north of Degerfors. With a 2020 population of 27,386 distributed over 10.55 square miles (27. ...

socken were split into two new entities. Since 1974, it has been part of the

Storfors Municipality Storfors Municipality (''Storfors kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Storfors, which has approximately 2,500 inhabitants. The first local government unit named Storfors was ...

. Its largest settlement, Kyrksten, has a population of about 300.

History

The Bjurtjärn Church was built in the 17th century. Various items that is kept at this site were donated by the influential

Linroth family The Linroth family, also known as Linderoth family, was a Swedish noble family, that rose to prominence with Elias Linroth. The family was elevated to noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden. Its grants of arms is preserved at the House of Nobilit ...

. In 1854, more than 200 emigrants from Bjurtjärn settled in Pepin County, in the US state of

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

Archeology

The ''socken'' has various graves from the

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

Notable people

Clas Frietzcky Claes de Frietzcky (25 January 1727 – 9 October 1803) was a Swedish politician. Life and work Claes de Frietzcky was born at Alkvettern Ironworks, in Bjurtjärn, to the noble family de Frietzcky. He was the eight and youngest son of Johan d ...

, politician *

Hans von Kantzow Hans von Kantzow (9 June 1887 – 12 April 1979) was a mountain engineer and industry man, managing director and CEO at Bultfabriks AB in Hallstahammar 1918–1957. Von Kantzow is known to have invented the steel alloy Kanthal Kanthal may refer to ...

, inventor and engineer

Sites of interest in Bjurtjärn socken

Alkvettern Manor Alkvettern Manor ( sv, Alkvetterns herrgård, ) is a manor house at lake Alkvettern in Bjurtjärn, Storfors Municipality, Värmland County. It is located near Kyrksten, southeast of Storfors and 13 km (8 mi) northwest of Karlskoga. The manor has ...

References

Sockens in Sweden Populated places in Storfors Municipality {{Värmland-geo-stub

History

Archeology

Notable people

Sites of interest in Bjurtjärn socken

See also

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