Grängesberg () is a
locality
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situated in
Ludvika Municipality
Ludvika Municipality (''Ludvika kommun'') is a municipality in Dalarna County, central Sweden. It has its seat in the town of Ludvika.
In 1971 the City of Ludvika (itself instituted as such in 1919) was amalgamated with the adjacent municipaliti ...
,
Dalarna County
Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark ...
,
Sweden
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, with 3,481 inhabitants in 2010.
The town was dominated by iron-ore extraction at Grängesberg ore field (Grängesbergs malmfält) from the 16th century to 1989.
In January 1990 was the last ore-train from Grängesberg to
Oxelösund
Oxelösund is a locality and the seat of Oxelösund Municipality in Södermanland County, Sweden with 11,488 inhabitants in 2018. It is located less than south from the city centre of its larger neighbour Nyköping, with the two urban areas formin ...
.
Attempts to separate
apatite
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from the ore begun in 1928 but were more clearly successful from the late 1930s to 1953.
Aparite was separated by "soap
flotation" ( sv, tvålflotation).
[
Grängesbergsbolaget had during a long period the world's largest iron-ore fleet and by 1899–1900 was it Sweden's most profitable company. During this time Grängesberg grew very fast, and during a 10-year period the town's population increased threefold. Today ]Spendrups
Spendrups Bryggeri AB is a Swedish brewery founded in 1897 as Grängesbergs Bryggeri AB. The company includes the following subsidiaries Spring Wine & Spirits, Gotlands Bryggeri and Hellefors Bryggeri. Spendrups Group has approximately 900 employ ...
is Grängesberg's biggest employer.
The area is known for its Railway Museum of Grängesberg
The Railway Museum of Grängesberg ( sv, GrängesBergsBanornas Järnvägsmuseum, GBBJ), also called the Museum of Locomotives ( sv, Lokmuseet) is a Swedish museum of locomotives, located 2 km southwest of the center of Grängesberg, Dalarna, ...
.
Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...
elections
References
Populated places in Dalarna County
Populated places in Ludvika Municipality
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