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Ã…seda Glasbruk was a Swedish
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factory that operated in
Åseda Åseda is a locality and the seat of Uppvidinge Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 2,430 inhabitants in 2010. Åseda was the birthplace of the chemist Otto Folin (1867–1934), and of the motorcycle speedway rider Peter Ljung (born 1982) ...
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Kronoberg County Kronoberg County (; ) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is the city of V ...
, between 1947 and 1977. It was incorporated in 1975 into the Royal Krona group, which went into liquidation in 1977. Ã…seda Glasbruk's chief
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was Bo Borgstrom, who graduated from
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's Swedish School of
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in 1951. Borgstrom was widely acclaimed as a
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artist before joining Ã…seda in 1961.


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Companies based in Kronoberg County Glassmaking companies of Sweden Defunct manufacturing companies of Sweden Manufacturing companies established in 1947 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1977 1947 establishments in Sweden 1977 disestablishments in Sweden Design companies established in 1947 Design companies disestablished in 1977 1975 mergers and acquisitions Uppvidinge Municipality 20th-century establishments in Kronoberg County 20th-century disestablishments in Kronoberg County {{Sweden-company-stub