Grängesberg

Grängesberg

Grängesberg

Place in Dalarna, Sweden

For the US Navy ship, see USS Beukelsdijk.

Grängesberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡrɛ̂ŋːɛsˌbærj])[2] is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 3,481 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

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The town was dominated by iron-ore extraction at Grängesberg ore field (Grängesbergs malmfält) from the 16th century to 1989.[3] In January 1990 was the last ore-train from Grängesberg to Oxelösund.

Attempts to separate apatite from the ore begun in 1928 but were more clearly successful from the late 1930s to 1953.[4] Aparite was separated by "soap flotation" (Swedish: tvålflotation).[4]

Grängesbergsbolaget had during a long period the world's largest iron-ore fleet[clarification needed] and by 1899–1900 was it Sweden's most profitable company[clarification needed]. During this time Grängesberg grew very fast, and during a 10-year period the town's population increased threefold. Today Spendrups is Grängesberg's biggest employer.

The area is known for its Railway Museum of Grängesberg.

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References

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    "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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    Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 9.
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    Jonsson, Erik; Troll, Valentin R.; Högdahl, Karin; Harris, Chris; Weis, Franz; Nilsson, Katarina P.; Skelton, Alasdair (2013-04-10). "Magmatic origin of giant 'Kiruna-type' apatite-iron-oxide ores in Central Sweden". Scientific Reports. 3 (1): 1644. Bibcode:2013NatSR...3E1644J. doi:10.1038/srep01644. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 3622134. PMID 23571605.
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    Lundegårdh, Per H. (1971). "Apatit". Nyttosten i Sverige (in Swedish). Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell. p. 70.
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    "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
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    "Ludvika - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
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    "Ludvika - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
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    "Ludvika - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
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    "Ludvika - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
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    "Ludvika - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.



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