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A little village in the municipality of Flen. Centrally situated 15 km (9 miles) from Flen, 32 km (20 miles) from Eskilstuna and 40 km (25 miles) from Katrineholm and 150 km (93 mi) south-west of Stockholm.
 
This village, has been a hive of industry until the beginning of the 1990's1990s when the foundry that the village was built around was closed after 350 years (founded 1659). Nowadays the Foundry is a cultural centre and once again a hive of activity.
 
The foundry began as a cannon workshop, cannons were made and exported from here to the Swedish army in Europe. In the beginning of the 20th century the foundry started going over to civil production, making radiators and stoves. Between 1920 and 1980 the main products were pipes and other plumbing accessories.