Fagersta is a locality and the seat of

Fagersta Municipality Fagersta Municipality (''Fagersta kommun'') is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Fagersta. The ''City of Fagersta'' (instituted in 1944) was in 1967 merged with Västervåla parish (which ...

in Västmanland County,

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, with 11,130 inhabitants in 2010.

Geography

The city is located at the junction of two railways between Ludvika- Västerås and Avesta (Krylbo)- Örebro, in the heart of the historic Bergslagen region which is rich in copper and iron ore. The 60th parallel north passes through the town.

History

There has been mining activity in the Fagersta area since the 15th century but it was not organized until the 17th century and was not made a corporation until 1873, when Fagersta Bruks AB was founded. Fagersta was made a city in 1944 when the industrial hot spot of Fagersta merged with its service-oriented neighbour

Västanfors Västanfors is a district (''stadsdel'') of Fagersta and is located in Fagersta Municipality, Sweden. Notable People From Västanfors * Anitra Steen, Swedish civil servant, politician, and spouse of Sweden's former prime minister Göran Perss ...

. It is now the seat of Fagersta Municipality. The Fagersta airspace surveillance tower is a Second World War observation platform located to protect a nearby steel mill.

Industry

Today's industry is focused on hard metal tools (

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and

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) and stainless steel products ( Fagersta Stainless AB and

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Notable natives

* Ulf Samuelsson, ice hockey player (

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) * Tomas Sandström, ice hockey player (

) * The Hives, garage rock band *

59 Times the Pain 59 Times the Pain was a Swedish hardcore punk band. They were active from 1992 until 2001. The band was formed in Fagersta, Sweden in 1992 by Magnus Larnhed (Vocals / guitar), Michael Conradsson ( bass), Toni Virtanen (drums) and Kai Kalliomä ...

, garage rock band *

Johan August Brinell August Brinell (10 October 1849 – 17 November 1925) was a Swedish Metallurgical Engineer Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metalli ...

, metallurgist and inventor of the Brinell hardness test at the Fagersta Iron and Steel Works in 1900 *

Kjell Ramstedt Kjell is a Scandinavian male given name. In Denmark, the cognate is Kjeld or Keld. The name comes from the Old Norse word ''kętill'', which means " kettle" and probably also "helmet" or perhaps "cauldron". Examples of old spellings or forms are ...

, Drummer for punk rock band ( No Fun At All)

References

Municipal seats of Västmanland County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Västmanland County Populated places in Fagersta Municipality {{Västmanland-geo-stub