Grythyttan

Grythyttan lies among the lakes and forests of Bergslagen, where iron and silver working drew people into the inland mining districts. Furnaces used the surrounding woodland for charcoal and watercourses for power, while farms supplied the settlements around them. In 1641 Queen Christina granted Grythyttan town privileges. Its position among the mines and smelting places tied the small town's fortunes to the production and transport of metal through central Sweden.