Kopparbergslagen
| Historic industrial landscape "Großer Kupferberg" in Falun | |
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UNESCO world heritage 
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| Falun Copper Mine |
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| National territory: |
 Sweden
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| Type: | Culture |
| Criteria : | (ii), (iii), (v) |
| Reference No .: | 1027 |
| UNESCO region : | Europe and North America |
| History of enrollment | |
| Enrollment: | 2001 (session 25) |
Kopparbergslagen encompasses the landscape around the mountain Stora Kopparberget (translated "Great Copper Mountain"), an outstanding testimony to the Swedish industrial history. In 2001 this area was added to the World Heritage List .
Copper has been mined at Tiskasjöberg (today Stora Kopparberget ) since the 9th century . Gradually, the city of Falun emerged near the mine and the region became Sweden's most important industrial area in the 17th century. The surroundings of the city and the mine were used for copper production and have numerous evidence of this industrial heyday. From the 18th century the importance of mining declined. In 1992 the last shot was blown and the pit closed.
Web links
- Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
- Falu Gruva
Cultural heritage: Royal Summer Palace Drottningholm (1991) | Viking settlements of Birka and Hovgården (1993) | Engelberg ironworks (1993) | Rock carvings from Tanum (1994) | Skogskyrkogården (cemetery) near Stockholm (1994) | Hanseatic City of Visby on Gotland (1995) | Gammelstad church district in Luleå (1996) | Karlskrona naval port (1998) | Agricultural landscape of South Öland (2000) | Historical industrial landscape "Great Copper Mountain" in Falun (2001) | Radio station Grimeton near Varberg (2004) | Struve Arch (2005) | Wooden farmhouses in the province of Hälsingland (2012)
Natural heritage: Archipelago - Höga Kusten (2000)
Cultural / natural heritage: Arctic cultural landscape of Lapland (1996)
Coordinates: 60 ° 35 ′ 57.2 " N , 15 ° 36 ′ 45.5" E