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Åtvidaberg | |
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 Åtvidaberg | |
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  Åtvidaberg  Åtvidaberg | |
| Coordinates:58°12′N16°00′E / 58.200°N 16.000°E /58.200; 16.000 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Östergötland |
| County | Östergötland County |
| Municipality | Åtvidaberg Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2020)[2] | |
• Total | 6,934 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Åtvidaberg is alocality and the seat ofÅtvidaberg Municipality,Östergötland County,Sweden with 6,859 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Copper was mined in the area from the 14th century, and the name "Åtvidaberg" was originally the name of abergslag (a type of mining community). The earliest known use of the place name is from 1467, as acompound of the wordsÅtvid, which was the name of the parish, andberg, literally "mountain", but in this context referring to a mine.[3]
The town's development was to be directed by the noble familyAdelswärd. Through investments in the 19th and early 20th century the town developed into a modern industrial town.
In the 1970s the industry was dominated byFacit, making calculators. It was a major sponsor of the football teamÅtvidabergs FF, one of Sweden's strongest teams in the 1970s. When Facit went bankrupt in the second half of the 1970s, it led to the downfall and degradation of the team.
At the end of the 19th century almost one third of the population of Åtvidaberg Municipality in Sweden emigrated toIshpeming, Michigan in theUnited States as copper mines in the Åtvidaberg area closed down.[9] In 1994 this was commemorated by a plaquette at the Mormorsgruvan mine of Åtvidaberg.
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