Långban is a
miningMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock salt and potash...
area in
Värmland' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Its Latin name is Wermelandia; its English derivative is Wermland or similar variation. The origin of the name is...
in
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
. It belongs to
Filipstad MunicipalityFilipstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad....
, with the nearest city being
FilipstadFilipstad is a locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 6,177 inhabitants in 2005.Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip .After a major fire destroyed forest and town in 1694, Filipstad...
, 21 km south. It was systematically mined through 1711-1972, but has traces from the 15th century.
It has been described as one of the most mineral rich places in the world. Most mining was done for
iron oreIron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in the form of magnetite , hematite , goethite, limonite or...
and manganese ore, but in total, 300 minerals have been found. After 1950, only
dolomiteDolomite is the name of a sedimentary carbonate rock and a mineral, both composed of calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg
2 found in crystals....
was extracted.
Långbanshyttan is the name of an adjacent
blast furnaceA blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron.In a blast furnace, fuel and ore are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air is blown into the bottom of the chamber, so that the chemical reactions take place...
and adjacent house of the factory manager, where the brothers
NilsFriherre Nils Ericson was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, like his brother, John Ericsson.-Background:...
and
John EricssonJohn Ericsson was an American Swedish-born inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson...
were born.
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Långban is a
miningMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an ore body, vein or seam. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock salt and potash...
area in
Värmland' is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Its Latin name is Wermelandia; its English derivative is Wermland or similar variation. The origin of the name is...
in
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
. It belongs to
Filipstad MunicipalityFilipstad Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad....
, with the nearest city being
FilipstadFilipstad is a locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 6,177 inhabitants in 2005.Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip .After a major fire destroyed forest and town in 1694, Filipstad...
, 21 km south. It was systematically mined through 1711-1972, but has traces from the 15th century.
It has been described as one of the most mineral rich places in the world. Most mining was done for
iron oreIron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The ores are usually rich in iron oxides and vary in color from dark grey, bright yellow, deep purple, to rusty red. The iron itself is usually found in the form of magnetite , hematite , goethite, limonite or...
and manganese ore, but in total, 300 minerals have been found. After 1950, only
dolomiteDolomite is the name of a sedimentary carbonate rock and a mineral, both composed of calcium magnesium carbonate CaMg
2 found in crystals....
was extracted.
Långbanshyttan is the name of an adjacent
blast furnaceA blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron.In a blast furnace, fuel and ore are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air is blown into the bottom of the chamber, so that the chemical reactions take place...
and adjacent house of the factory manager, where the brothers
NilsFriherre Nils Ericson was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, like his brother, John Ericsson.-Background:...
and
John EricssonJohn Ericsson was an American Swedish-born inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson...
were born. The furnace was built in the 16th century, and used until 1933. It was renovated 1980-83 and is today a tourism attraction.
External links
Långban and
Långbanshyttan from
Nordisk familjebokNordisk familjebok is a Swedish encyclopedia, published between 1876 and 1957.-History:The first edition was published in 20 volumes between 1876 and 1899. The first edition is known as the "Iðunn edition" because of the picture of Iðunn on the cover...
- Langban at Mindat.org, List of minirals at Langban.