Åtvidaberg
Encyclopedia
Åtvidaberg is a locality
and the seat of Åtvidaberg Municipality
, Östergötland County
, Sweden
with 6,947 inhabitants in 2005.
finds in the medieval age, a mining district was initiated. The town Åtvidaberg became the seat of a mining industry community.
The town's development was to be directed by the noble family Adelswärd
. Through investments in the 19th and early 20th century the town developed into a modern industrial town.
In the 1970s the industry was dominated by Facit
, making calculators. It was a major sponsor of the football team Åtvidabergs FF
, one of Sweden's strongest team in the 1970s. When Facit went bankrupt in the second half of the 1970s, it led to the downfall and degradation of the team.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
and the seat of Åtvidaberg Municipality
Åtvidaberg Municipality
Åtvidaberg Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åtvidaberg, with some 7,000 inhabitants....
, Östergötland County
Östergötland County
Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...
, 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 6,947 inhabitants in 2005.
History
With the copperCopper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29. It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. Pure copper is soft and malleable; an exposed surface has a reddish-orange tarnish...
finds in the medieval age, a mining district was initiated. The town Åtvidaberg became the seat of a mining industry community.
The town's development was to be directed by the noble family Adelswärd
Adelswärd (noble family)
Adelswärd was a Swedish noble family, introduced at Riddarhuset as noble family number 1707, which consists of two lines, related through female line....
. Through investments in the 19th and early 20th century the town developed into a modern industrial town.
In the 1970s the industry was dominated by Facit
Facit
Facit was an industrial corporation and manufacturer of office products. It was based in Åtvidaberg, Sweden, and founded in 1922 as AB Åtvidabergs Industrier. Facit AB, a manufacturer of mechanical calculators, was incorporated into the corporation the same year...
, making calculators. It was a major sponsor of the football team Åtvidabergs FF
Åtvidabergs FF
Åtvidabergs FF is a Swedish football club located in Åtvidaberg. The club, formed 1 July 1907 as Åtvidabergs IF, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The club changed to the present name before the 1935–1936 season. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund...
, one of Sweden's strongest team in the 1970s. When Facit went bankrupt in the second half of the 1970s, it led to the downfall and degradation of the team.