Åtvidaberg Municipality

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**Åtvidaberg Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Åtvidaberg in Sweden Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Åtvidaberg
	58° 12′ N 16° 0′ E
	County	Östergötland County
	Province	Östergötland
	Area Rank	690 km² 140th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	11,817 189th of 290
	Population density	17/km²

Åtvidaberg Municipality (pron. Aat'vihda'bargh) is a Swedish municipality in Östergötland, in southeast Sweden. Its seat is in the town Åtvidaberg with 7,000 inhabitants, locally known as Åtvid.

In the 1970s the industry was dominated by Facit, making calculators. It was a major sponsor of the football (soccer) team Åtvidabergs FF, one of Sweden's strongest team in the 1970s. when Facit went bankrupt in the second half of the 1970s, it led to the downfall and degradation of the team.

1 History
2 Municipal towns
3 Notability
4 External links

[edit] History

With the copper finds in the medieval age, a mining district was initiated. The town Åtvidaberg became the seat of a mining industry community.

The town's development was to be directed by the noble family Adelswärd. Through investments in the 19th and early 20th century the town developed into a modern industrial city.

[edit] Municipal towns

Berg
Björsäter
Falerum
Grebo
Åtvidaberg

[edit] Notability

The Åtvidabergs Vagnfabrik (Wagon Factory), was founded 1910 konstructed early car. A total of 12 cars were made. They resembled the American carriage with large wheels.

The Åtvidaberg church "Nya Kyrkan" (The new church) is from the 1870s in neo-Gothic. The remains of a 17th century church was also of interest but it was rebuilt and is now functioning as church again "Gamla Kyrkan" (The old church).