Fellingsbro (,
locally ) is a
locality and a
parish situated in
Lindesberg Municipality,
Ă–rebro County,
Sweden
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with 1,384 inhabitants in 2010.
It is home to the Fellingsbro
folk high school.
History
The parish of Fellingsbro is mentioned already in 1331 as ''Parochia Fælansbro'', but the first parish church was probably built already in the 12th century. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries many small
ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''.
Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
were built at the rivers that are running from north to south in the parish. The main product at these
ironworks
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Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
were
bar iron. Most of the people were employed in this small scale iron industry and in the rather extensive farming up until the late 19th century when most of the
ironworks
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Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
were closed. Some of the
ironworks
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Ironworks succeeded bloomeri ...
were then transformed into
paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt, ...
s.
In 1857 a railroad between
Ă–rebro and
Arboga was built and a station in Fellingsbro was opened some kilometres east of the parish church. A new
urban area with shops and small mechanical industries soon grew up around this
railroad station
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. This
urban area was called Fellingsbro after the name of the parish. It became a
municipality of its own in 1911, but was again united with the rest of the parish in 1957 and in 1971 Fellingsbro Municipality was incorporated into
Lindesberg Municipality.
Fellingsbro
''folkhögskola'' was established in 1915, but was rebuilt in 1976 after a fire burned down the original building.
Notable natives of Fellingsbro include the textile artist
Märtha Gahn.
Population history
Riksdag
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elections
While historically the Fellingsbro district leaned centre-right, that changed from 1988 onwards and since then voted for the
Social Democratic
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...
coalitions for multiple consecutive elections following 1994. As a result of the leftward shift of the
Centre Party in 2018, the village voted to the left of the Lindesberg Municipality as a whole for the first time.
References
Populated places in Ă–rebro County
Populated places in Lindesberg Municipality
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