Entering Smaaland you are met with a wild environment consisting chiefly of dense forests, blocks of stones and waters everywhere. You are immersed in nature - life has its own rhyme and meaning there. This is certainly a place to go to if you need peace and time for reflection and healing.
Its natural resources were decisive in the choice of the region for creating a new industry in the kingdom of Sweden in 1742. These key raw materials were wood, peat, quartz, water power to which could be added ample manpower.
The Kosta glassworks was founded in 1742, initially using the services of glassblowers from Bohemia until Swedish manpower could take over. It was the only glassworks in the area for a long time. However, towards the end of the 19th century, about 50 new blowing rooms were established in the region. Over the years many glassworks had to shut down for financial reasons.
The term "Kingdom of Crystal" dates back to the 1960s as part of a campaign to market the region as a cultural hub to attract tourism.
Nowadays, one distinguishes between glassworks and studio glassworks.
Its natural resources were decisive in the choice of the region for creating a new industry in the kingdom of Sweden in 1742. These key raw materials were wood, peat, quartz, water power to which could be added ample manpower.
The term "Kingdom of Crystal" dates back to the 1960s as part of a campaign to market the region as a cultural hub to attract tourism.
Nowadays, one distinguishes between glassworks and studio glassworks.
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