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paper mills.
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In the whole of Sweden there were, in 1912, 38 cooperies and
drittle-factories, employing 422 hands and producing goods to a value of 1 521 000
kronor.
Wooden shoes are either made entirely of wood, preferably of alder, being
then a very warm, dry, and also cheap foot-wear, or else they are made of
leather, in the form of half-slippers on a wooden sole. Such wooden slippers are
more easily made in factories than are wooden shoes proper. The manufacture of
wooden shoes is mostly carried on in the Läns of Jönköping, Kronoberg, and
Kristianstad. In 1912 there were, altogether, 45 wooden shoe- and last-factories,
employing 400 hands and with an output amounting to 1 220 000 kronor.
Chip-boxes form the object of a large manufacture, and are made in millions
for the match-factories. The number of factories in 1912, which carried on this
business exclusively, amounted to 6, with 170 hands and an output valued at
588 000 kronor.
6. PAPER INDUSTRY.
Of such mills in operation in 1912, 73 were engaged in the manufacture
of paper and pasteboard, and 171 manufactured other commodities within
the same branch of industry. The numbers of employees were
respectively 8 609 and 4 441, and the total values of the finished products
were respectively 64 139 329 kronor and 13 796 229 kronor. The import
and export — especially the latter — of paper is considerable; for
particulars see below. The total value of the imports for 1912 was 3 590 518
kronor, and of the exports, 40 352 319 kronor. Hence this industry is one
of those that tend considerably to improve the balance of trade in Sweden.
Paper Mills. v
The Swedish paper industry dates back to the 16th century. The oldest
paper mills in the country are the Klippan mills, which were probably
founded in 1573. Of other still flourishing paper mills the oldest are
the Lessebo mills, which were erected during the decade 1661—70 and
were granted their privileges as paper mills in 1719; Grycksbo mills,
established by J. Munktell in 1740; and Gransholm mills, established
about 1790. At these mills, as also at a number of smaller establishments
the paper was made by hand until 1832, when machinery was introduced
at the Klippan mills, upon which the Lessebo and Grycksbo mills followed
suit in 1836. The chief productions of the above-named
manufactories comprise chiefly better quality printing- and writing-paper; Grycksbo
mills also produce wrapping-paper and filterpaper, which last has
enjoyed a high reputation ever since the time of Berzelius. Bank note
paper and stamped paper are made at the Tumba mills (established 1758),
belonging to the Bank of Sweden.
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