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Kosta glasbruk (c. 1890)Kosta Glasbruk was founded in 1742 by two officers in Charles XII's army, Anders Koskull [] and Georg Bogislaus Staël von Holstein. [1] The name is a portmanteau of the founders' surnames, Ko(skull) + Sta(el) and Boda Glasbruk, which was a company in Emmaboda Municipality that was merged into Kosta Glasbruk.
The glassworks have become part of the culture of Sweden; examples can be found in many Swedish homes, recognisable by a small sticker at the bottom with the name Orrefors, Kosta Boda, etc. The height of glass production was the end of the 19th century during which 77 glass factories were established with more than half of them situated in ...
Up until 1913, the company produced mainly window glass and bottles. When Consul Johan Ekman bought the factory in 1913, Orrefors started to produce drinking glasses, vases and other house-ware items. Ekman hired Knut Bergkvist and his nephew Eugen, who had worked at Kosta Glasbruk before, as well as Fritz Blomqvist and Heinrich Wollman ...
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Boda Glasbruk is a village situated in Emmaboda Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden. It had 201 inhabitants in 2005. [1] One of the glassworks of Kosta Boda are situated here. The village was renamed from Förlångskvarn when the glassworks opened in 1874.
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