Hagfors
Uddeholm Hagfors
The first iron mill stood here in 1668 already thanks to Johann Karlström. Uddeholms was founded a little later, in 1720, and soon became the largest steelworks in Sweden.
Image photography
By Viktor Macha in 2019.
Plant facts and figures
The plant have an annual capacity of 100000 tons.
The following processes are conducted in the plant:
- Steel making
This plant produces the following type of products:
- Bars
- Ingots
- Forgings
Full description
Hagfors is a silent town within the Värmland county, surrounded by a lake, endless forests and a steel plant.
The first iron mill stood here in 1668 already thanks to Johann Karlström. Uddeholms was founded a little later, in 1720, and soon became the largest steelworks in Sweden.
By the end of1882, the ironworks had been fully equipped with a blast furnace, a siemens-martin steel plant, two Bessemer converters and a cogging mill.
The new blooming mill was put into operation in 1944 and is still in operation today. Bessemer´s converters were definitively shut down in 1965 and have been preserved as an invaluable technical monument to this day.
In 1991 the works were merged with the Austrian company Böhler. A Voestalpine company since 2007.