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iv. forestry.
Table 35. The manufacture of the most important Wood-wares at Saw-mills
and Planing-mills in 1912. In cubic meters.
Län Unplaned deals, battens and boards Planed boards Board and
deal-ends Lists and laths Staves and handings [-Fuel-wood-] {+Fuel- wood+} Total cubic meters1
Stockholm city..... 1897 3 857 115 372 6 241
Stockholm län..... 57 520 21 551 1719 1512 — 18 492 100 794
Uppsala........ 194 481 29 622 11056 2 268 6 544 25 937 269908
Södermanland..... 60 066 24 667 1765 511 303 25 210 112 522
Östergötland...... 108 279 33 931 1011 977 2 046 34 067 180311
Jönköping....... 81 275 23 639 2153 981 441 29 535 138024
Kronoberg....... 79 788 21708 335 1543 4 326 22 608 130308
Kalmar........ 83 802 25 193 3117 638 1656 18 709 133115
Gottland....... 1150 1327 — 160 — 377 3014
Blekinge....... 9 344 8 755 — 456 360 3 360 22275
Kristianstad...... 15 769 634 56 3 595 2 885 5 597 28 536
Malmöhus....... 6 730 7 723 — 688 1839 6 540 23520
Halland........ 11 370 5 798 — 220 572 3 668 21628
Göteborg och Bohus . . . 50 484 94 873 — 2 587 1710 14 770 164 424
Alvsborg ....... 61960 19 181 350 1804 1108 24 634 109037
Skaraborg....... 59 804 10 517 220 498 — 21132 92171
Värmland....... 324 195 29 722 6 776 2 960 4 681 76 636 444 970
Örebro........ 117 931 16174 1471 2 805 978 52 639 191998
Västmanland...... 85 039 20 345 1770 1116 573 45 064 153 907
Kopparberg..... 307 085 118 442 7 209 4 823 5 454 27 213 470 226
Gävleborg....... 641 208 224 605 63 647 8118 26 631 26 368 990577
Västernorrland..... 1 384 366 261811 174 758 28 689 59 863 150 825 2 060312
Jämtland....... 71 517 42 779 353 1621 15 483 7 876 139629
Västerbotten...... 333 836 94 385 59 059 15 368 12 848 3 338 518834
Norrbotten....... 380 748 9 839 44 564 13 738 15 960 10833 475682
The whole kingdom 4 529 644 1151078 381389 97 791 166 261 655 800 6 981 963
1 The figures do not include some less important kinds of goods (lath- and trellis wood,
etc.), of which the statistics do not give the quantity but only the value.
by joint-stock companies (with limited liability) and 227 by other companies
— thus together considerably more than half. The preponderance of the
companies is, however, still greater than is 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 parts of the country.1
Beginning with the northernmost län of Sweden, and omitting a few mills of
minor importance in the Haparanda district and in its vicinity, we find in the
parish of Neder-Kalix the Båtskårsnäs or Fortuna saw-mill. The mill is
provided with 4 saw-frames, edging-benches, heading-machines, etc. and ships
annually about 8 000 standards of sawn goods, besides a large quantity of charcoal
etc. In the same parish at the mouth of the Kalix, lies Karlsborg, belonging to
the Baltiska trävaruaktiebolaget, and employing 10 saw-frames, and shipping
about 20 000 standards of sawn timber, inclusive of timber from the Stensborg
saw-mills in the Luleå shipping-district, belonging to the same company. Some-
1 Translation of some Swedish expressions. Aktiebolag = joint-stock company. Bolag
= company or partnership. Trävaru = wood. Såg = saw-mill. Sågverk = saw-mill.
Angsag = steam saw-mill.
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