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VII. FORESTRY OF SWEDEN’.
The output of the principal kinds of wood was divided among the
different Läns as shown by Table 87. As will be noticed, the Län of
Vesternorrland stands decidedly foremost, giving about 30 % of the
total production of the kingdom; next in order comes the
LänofGefle-borg. — The total number of saw-mills and planing-mills in Sweden,
of the character of genuine factories, is stated to be 1,148. The
provinces situated north of the ßiver Dalelfven embrace about one third of
the saw-mills of the kingdom. Numerically considered, they have
consequently no preponderance; but all the more through the great extent
of their business.
In the preceding part, we have already referred to the strong
influence that the company organization has had on the development
of the saw-mill industry. Among the 1,148 saw-mills and planing-mills
389 were owned by joint-stock companies (with limited liability) and
248 by firms and partnerships, — thus making together more than half.
The preponderance of the companies is, however, still greater than
shown by these figures, since nearly all the largest export saw-mills
are in the hands of companies, mostly joint-stock ones.
The following survey of the principal saw-mills will show their
situation within different districts of the country.1
If we begin with the northernmost Lfln of Sweden, passing by a few mills
of minor importance at Haparanda and in its vicinity, we find in the parish of
Neder-Kalix the Båtskärsnås saw-mill, owned by a joint-stock company of the
same name. The mill is provided with 4 saw-frames, 2 edging-benches, and
1 heading-machine, and annually ships about 7,000 standards of sawn goods,
besides a large quantity of hewn timber and so-called Dutch balks. In the
same parish at the mouth of the Kalix elf, lie Kurlsborg and Nyborg, having
together 12 saw-frames and shipping about 15,000 standards of sawn timber.
Somewhat further to the west lies Törefors, with 3 saw-frames and an annual
shipping of 7,000 standards of sawn timber. Recently, most of the important
saw-mill owners of the Län of Norrbotten have rallied into a trust, named
Nordiska Trävaruaktiebolaget; this trust runs, among other saw-mills,
Karls-borg, Nyborg, and Törefors (see above), and in the Lnlei shipping district,
Altappen, Karlsvik, and Stensborg.
In the district of Piteå lies Munksund (owned by the Munksunds Sågverks
Aktiebolag) with 6 saw-frames, and shipping about 10,000 standards. On the
River Lilla Pite elf lies the Storfors saw-mill belonging to a joint-stock company
with the same name, which also owns Brävfors in the Län of Vesterbotten. Its
shipping in all likelihood reaches a total of about 13,000 standards.
In the Län of Vesterbotten we find further in the vicinity of Skellefteå tbe
important saw-mills Såvetiäs, Lejonström, and Björnsholmen, which are owned
by A. Markstedt and Sons; altogether these mills have an output worth abont
one million kronor. Robertsfors, in the parish of Bygdeå, is a water saw-mill
with 5 frames and 2 edging-benches. At the mouth of the Ume elf lie
Holm-sund, Obbola, and Sandvik, each of these owned by separate joint-stock
companies. Further south, in the Nordmaling parish, are situated Rundvik (with "
1 Translation of some Swedish expressions. Aktiebolag — joint-stock company.
Bolag = company or partnership. Trävarv, = wood. Såg = saw-mill. Sågverk =
mill. Ångsåg - steam saw-mill.
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