Kortfors

Kortfors
Kortfors railway station
Kortfors railway station
Kortfors is located in Örebro
Kortfors
Kortfors is located in Sweden
Kortfors
Coordinates: 59°24′N 14°40′E / 59.400°N 14.667°E / 59.400; 14.667
CountrySweden
CountyÖrebro County
MunicipalityKarlskoga Municipality
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Kortfors (Swedish pronunciation: [kɔʈˈfoːʂ]) is an urban settlement by the railway,[1] situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden.[2] The settlement is located east of Granbergsdal Ironworks, northeast of Karlskoga and southwest of Nora.

Kortfors railway station functioned as a junction station, as it connects the Nora–Karlskoga Line to the Svartälvs Järnväg [sv].

Kortfors was established as an ironworks in the 17th century, and the ironworks closed down in the 1920s.[3] At the end of the 17th century, ironmaster Georg de Besche acquired Kortfors,[4] and then by Johan Stensson Hammarström. In mid-18th century, Carl Daniel Luthman acquired it, followed by Georg Ahlborg, Per Castorin and Carl Lindberg.[4] At the end of its operational years, in the 20th century, the ironworks was acquired by the AB Héroults Elektriska Stål, established in 1902 by the French metallurgist Paul Héroult.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Nyqvist, Lars-Gunnar (10 March 2018). "Kortfors bruk-Kortforshammaren (Karlskoga)". Värmländsk industrihistoria (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag. 1911. p. 1110 – via Project Runeberg.
  3. ^ "Kortfors bruk (Bruk)". digitaltmuseum.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Kortfors (Karlskoga, Karlskoga Bergslag, Värmland)". Svenska herrgårdar (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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