Uddeholm

	Uddeholm
	Uddeholm
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Värmland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Varmland
Municipality :	Hagfors
Coordinates :	60 ° 1 ′ N , 13 ° 37 ′ E Coordinates: 60 ° 1 ′ N , 13 ° 37 ′ E
SCB code :	5852
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	619 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	1.44 km²
Population density :	430 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Värmland County

Uddeholm is a village ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Värmland County and the historic province of Värmland . The place in the municipality of Hagfors is located in the northeast of the province on the Klarälven river .

history

Johan Karlström bought the Uddeholm and Risberg farms from assessor Anders Stake in 1672 and the neighboring Stjärn, Stjärntorp and Lid farms from Anna Uggla in 1686. The actual founder of Uddeholms is the manufacturer Bengt Gustaf Geijer the Elder. In 1720 he came into the sole possession of the Uddeholm and Risberg estates. He had already acquired a large part of the property through his deceased wife.

Gejier founded an ironworks and a hammer shop for simple steel bars on this land on the river between the lakes Hagforssjön and Radasjön . Local iron ore was smelted with charcoal there. The wrought iron was then produced in the melting furnace, whose bellows were driven by water power.

development

From these first beginnings, the large Uddeholm concern developed in the following two hundred years with its own merchant fleet, a large number of companies, huge estates and its own forests. In the 19th century around 40% of the area of Värmland belonged to the Uddeholm company.

Today , the large stainless steel production company Uddeholm Tooling AB is located in neighboring Hagfors and is a global market leader in the stainless steel sector as part of the Böhler-Uddeholm group.

building

The most imposing building in Uddeholm is the former factory director's building from the 19th century. This is now used by Uddeholm Tooling AB for representative banquets for customers and as a guest house. In the park-like garden on Radasjönn there is a chapel that was demolished at another location in southern Sweden and rebuilt in Uddeholm. Uddeholm has a small hotel.

Uddeholm Mansion, the factory director's building from the 19th century

Trivia

After his military training and his studies and even before his enthronement, the current King of Sweden Carl XVI. Gustaf insights into the economy and industry of the country. During this time, at the beginning of the seventies, he was also an intern at Uddeholm and lived in the Uddeholm mansion , the residential and representative building of the former plant directors. A photo of him with his thanks is still there today.

After the acquisition of Uddeholm by the Austrian competitor Böhler and the merger to form the Böhler-Uddeholm group, a major restructuring project called Tooling 2000 was initiated.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)