Categories
  • Swedish municipal seats
  • Populated places in Västmanland County
  • Populated places in Fagersta Municipality
    •   Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
      supported by EncyclosphereKSF

    Fagersta

    From Wikipedia - Reading time: 6 min
    Fagersta
    Fagersta railway station
    Fagersta railway station
    Fagersta is located in Västmanland
    Fagersta
    Fagersta
    Fagersta is located in Sweden
    Fagersta
    Fagersta
    Coordinates: 60°00′15″N 15°47′36″E / 60.00417°N 15.79333°E / 60.00417; 15.79333
    CountrySweden
    ProvinceVästmanland
    CountyVästmanland County
    MunicipalityFagersta Municipality
    Founded1944
    Area
    [1]
     • Total9.47 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
    Elevation
    		102 m (335 ft)
    Population
     (31 December 2010)[1]
     • Total11,130
     • Density1,175/km2 (3,040/sq mi)
    Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
     • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
    Postal code
    737 xx
    Area code(+46) 223
    WebsiteOfficial website

    Fagersta is a locality and the seat of Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden, with 11,130 inhabitants in 2010.[1]

    Geography[edit]

    The city is located at the junction of two railways between Ludvika-Västerås and Avesta (Krylbo)-Örebro, in the heart of the historic Bergslagen region which is rich in copper and iron ore. The 60th parallel north passes through the town.

    History[edit]

    There has been mining activity in the Fagersta area since the 15th century but it was not organized until the 17th century and was not made a corporation until 1873, when Fagersta Bruks AB was founded.[2]

    Fagersta was made a city in 1944 when the industrial hot spot of Fagersta merged with its service-oriented neighbour Västanfors. It is now the seat of Fagersta Municipality. The Fagersta airspace surveillance tower is a Second World War observation platform located to protect a nearby steel mill.

    Industry[edit]

    Today's industry is focused on hard metal tools (Seco Tools AB and Atlas Copco Secoroc AB) and stainless steel products (Fagersta Stainless AB and OUTOKUMPU Stainless Tubular Products AB).

    Notable natives[edit]

    • Ulf Samuelsson, ice hockey player (NHL)
    • Tomas Sandström, ice hockey player (NHL)
    • The Hives, garage rock band
    • 59 Times the Pain, garage rock band
    • Johan August Brinell, metallurgist and inventor of the Brinell hardness test at the Fagersta Iron and Steel Works in 1900
    • Kjell Ramstedt, drummer for punk rock band No Fun at All

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
    2. ^ "Allmänna val 17 september 2006".


    Stub icon

    This article about a location in Västmanland County, Sweden is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

    • v
    • t
    • e
    This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagersta
    Status: article is cached
    Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF