Orrefors () is a

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situated in southern

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and part of

Nybro Municipality Nybro Municipality () is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the town Nybro. The amalgamation of the ''City of Nybro'' (instituted in 1932) with its surrounding municipalities took place in 1969. The municipal ...

Kalmar County Kalmar County () is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg County, Kronoberg, Jönköping County, Jönköping, Blekinge County, Blekinge and Östergötland County, Östergötland. To the ...

, with 719 inhabitants in 2010. The township belongs to Hälleberga parish and is primarily famous for its

glassworks Glass production involves two main methods – the float glass process that produces sheet glass, and glassblowing that produces bottles and other containers. It has been done in a variety of ways during the history of glass. Glass container p ...

with the same name. Orrefors is part of the province

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and the area known as

Kingdom of Crystal The Kingdom of Crystal (Swedish: ''Glasriket'', ''The glass realm'') is a geographical area today containing a total of 14 glassworks in the municipalities of Emmaboda, Nybro, Uppvidinge, and Lessebo in southern Sweden. (in Swedish) The two ...

(Swedish: ''Glasriket'', ''The glass realm''). The area is famous for its glassworks and include the

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, Uppvidinge,

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and

Lessebo Lessebo is a locality and the seat of Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 2,737 inhabitants in 2010. The Lessebo community formed gradually around the paper and iron works that was founded in 1660. Today Vida Paper AB runs the pulp ...

in southern

. Orrefors glasswork is one of the most notable with the adjacent National School of Glass and

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History

Orrefors was established in 1726 by cavalry ensign Lars Johan Silfversparre. He owned Orranäs manor near the lake Orranäs, and on these lands an ironwork was established. Around the ironwork a community grew which got the name Orrefors. The name is said to be a combination of two words: "Orra" and "fors". "Orra" originates from the lake Orranäs (Swedish: ''Orranäsasjön, The lake of Orranäs)'' and "fors" which in Swedish means rapid and comes from the rapid where the ironworks was established.

Orrefors Glassworks

In 1889

Orrefors Glassworks Orrefors Glassworks (also known as just Orrefors) is a Glassblowing, glassworks in the Sweden, Swedish village of Orrefors in Småland. Orrefors manufactured crystal glassware and art glass. The range consisted of crystal stemware, barware, vases, ...

was founded and in that same year production started of technical, medical, tableware and household glass using waste wood. The glasswork replaced the less profitable iron industry. Orrefors manufactured crystal glassware and art glass. The glassworks in Orrefors closed in 2012.Bränström, Sara L. "Glasriket går i kras".

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, 3 October 2012. Retrieved 19 september 2018.

Geography

Location

Orrefors is located along road 31 between

och

Vetlanda Vetlanda () is a locality and the seat of Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 13,050 inhabitants in 2010. History Vetlanda was still nothing more than a village for several centuries. With the 1840s population boom in Småland ...

. The closest train station is in Nybro. Orrefors used to have a

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but it was closed down in 1985, and is a

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. The locality has a bus line which is part of Kalmar municipality (Swedish: Kalmar Läns Trafik AB). The closest airports are located in

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

and

Sport

The sports venue in Orrefors is called Orrevallen and is the homeground for Orrefors IF. Orrevallen is a natural grass playing-field and measures 100 x 63 meters, equal to an 11 person-per-team soccer pitch.

References

External links

Populated places in Nybro Municipality Värend {{Kalmar-geo-stub