Dannemora, Sweden

Dannemora
Dannemora
Coordinates: 60°12′23″N 17°51′48″E / 60.20639°N 17.86333°E / 60.20639; 17.86333Coordinates: 60°12′23″N 17°51′48″E / 60.20639°N 17.86333°E / 60.20639; 17.86333
Country	Sweden
Province	Uppland
County	Uppsala County
Municipality	Östhammar Municipality
Area[1]
- Total	0.66 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
- Total	238
- Density	361/km2 (935/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Dannemora is an old mining town and a locality situated in Östhammar Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 238 inhabitants in 2005.^[1]

Dannemora mine

Dannemora mine around 1800

Dannemora is the location of an important iron ore mine, the Dannemora mine, which formed the basis of the iron industry in Uppland. It provided the raw material for about 20 finery forges that produced bar iron for export. In England, iron produced from Dannemora ore, was known as oregrounds iron, after the port town of Öregrund. It was considered the best raw material for producing blister steel by the cementation process.

In 1878 a narrow gauge (891 mm) railway was opened to the port in Hargshamn, and iron ore started to be exported directly.
The mine was closed down in 1992. With world market demand rising, the feasibility of reopening the mine is being investigated (as of May 2008).

See also

• Uppland
• Örbyhus
• Bergslagen
• Dannemora town, NY

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2000 och 2005" (in Swedish) (xls). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%c3%a4torternami0810tab1.xls. Retrieved 2009-05-06. 

External links

• Data on the mine
• Picture of the workings