Hälleforsnäs
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Hälleforsnäs is a locality situated in Flen Municipality
, Södermanland County
, Sweden
with 1,747 inhabitants in 2005.
A little village in the municipality of Flen. Centrally situated 15 km (9 mi) from Flen, 32 km (20 mi) from Eskilstuna and 40 km (25 mi) from Katrineholm.
This village, 150 km (93 mi) from Stockholm has been a hive of industry until the beginning of the 1990s when the foundry that the village was built around was closed after 350 years (founded 1659). Nowadays the Foundry is a cultural centre and once again a hive of activity, check them out.
The foundry began as a cannon workshop, cannons were made and exported from here to the Swedish army in Europe. In the beginning of the 20th century the foundry started going over to civil production, making radiators and stoves. Between 1920 and 1980 the main products were pipes and other plumbing accessories.
During their high life in the sixties there were over 1000 employees at the foundry and a few hundred people employed with subsidirial work round and about the foundry.
In the eighties the foundry was purchased by Electrolux, and production switched to producing plates for cookers until they closed in 1990 and the foundry was taken over by some of the employees.The area around the foundry is today still lively, but not the way it was when the foundry was the centre of the village.
Today: The actually foundry is a centre for artists in the area and Hälleforsnäs has become a cultural centre for the whole of Sörmland. There are outlets for lager 157, Scorett and Serholts, and more are expected to open.
Flen Municipality
Flen Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Flen.The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Flen , the market town Malmköping and the surrounding countryside.-Localities:Figures from...
, Södermanland County
Södermanland County
Södermanland County is a county or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 1,747 inhabitants in 2005.
A little village in the municipality of Flen. Centrally situated 15 km (9 mi) from Flen, 32 km (20 mi) from Eskilstuna and 40 km (25 mi) from Katrineholm.
This village, 150 km (93 mi) from Stockholm has been a hive of industry until the beginning of the 1990s when the foundry that the village was built around was closed after 350 years (founded 1659). Nowadays the Foundry is a cultural centre and once again a hive of activity, check them out.
The foundry began as a cannon workshop, cannons were made and exported from here to the Swedish army in Europe. In the beginning of the 20th century the foundry started going over to civil production, making radiators and stoves. Between 1920 and 1980 the main products were pipes and other plumbing accessories.
During their high life in the sixties there were over 1000 employees at the foundry and a few hundred people employed with subsidirial work round and about the foundry.
In the eighties the foundry was purchased by Electrolux, and production switched to producing plates for cookers until they closed in 1990 and the foundry was taken over by some of the employees.The area around the foundry is today still lively, but not the way it was when the foundry was the centre of the village.
Today: The actually foundry is a centre for artists in the area and Hälleforsnäs has become a cultural centre for the whole of Sörmland. There are outlets for lager 157, Scorett and Serholts, and more are expected to open.