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the paper industry.
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part; for roofs, the pasteboard is saturated with asphalt-tar. Munksjö
and Fiskeby have attained world-wide renown for their endless rolls of
sheathing-paper.
Bank-note and stamp paper are manufactured at the paper-factory
attached to the Bank of Sweden and situated at Tumba, near
Stockholm. At Grycksbo, near Falun, a kind of chemical filtering-paper is
manufactured, which has been renowned ever since the time of Berzelius.
The quality of this paper is dependent to some extent upon the purity
of the water and the rags.|
Some of the chief factories have been named above. The value of the total
turnout at Holmén in Norrköping, Munksjö in Jönköping, Katrinefors in
Marie-stad, Fiskeby in Östergötland, Lessebo in Kronoberg Län, Klippan in Kristianstad
Län, Munkedal in Bohuslän, Lilla Edet and Vargön in Elfsborg Län, and Grycksbo
in Dalarne, exceeds half a million kronor. The chief Läns for the paper industry
are Elfsborg, Östergötland, Göteborg och Bohus, and Kronoberg; they produce more
than half of the total amount for the whole country.
The development of the paper industry during the past thirty years
may be seen by the following figures1:
Averages.
Factories. Workmen.
Production.
Value, In Kronor.
Imports.
Quintals.
Exports.
Quintals.
1866/70......................... 63 1,861 4,005,000 1,999 12,881
1871/75......................... 53 2,329 6,419,000 9,600 25,811
1876/80 ........................ 50 2,442 7,217,000 13,703 62,761
1881/85 ........................ 41 2,917 7,899,000 15,313 78,482
1886/90 ........................ 37 3,078 8,819,000 23,155 135,381
1891/95 ........................ 54 4,579 12,084,000 39,429 244,255
1896/00........................ 57 5,377 18,280,000 54,952 425,907
In 1898........................ 59 5,209 17,724,000 47,407 379,582
» 1899........................ 60 5,513 19,608,000 60,008 473,375
» 1900........................ 63 6,353 24,228,000 48,686 585,894
The official Swedish statistics give the following detailed particulars
concerning the paper-industry in 1900. (The figures are in quintals).1
Production. Imports. Exports.
Polishing and Emery Paper................................ 1,350 979 127
Brown Paper, Waste Paper, etc.......................... 440,450 331 21,659
Gilt, Glazed Paper, etc...................................... 8,508 2,462 —
Letter. Writing, Printing Paper, etc.................... 483,888 16,938 478,839
Sheathing Paper, Roofing Felt, Glazed Cardboard, etc. 109,545 26,605 4,232
Other kinds of Pasteboard................................. 94,537 1,371 81,037
Total 1,138,278
48,686
583,894
The paper imported is chiefly of the choicer qualities; it comes
principally from Germany. Sheathing pasteboard, etc., comes chiefly
from Germany and Finland. More than 80 % of the exported paper
goes to England, — chiefly to be used for newspapers.
The value of the paper imported in 1900 was 3,102,000 kronor, and
of that exported, 13,997,000 kronor. Hence, paper is one of the more
considerable exports from Sweden.
1 A quintal = 1’97 cwts. A krona = 110 shilling or 0’268 dollar.
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