Kortfors

Kortfors (Swedish pronunciation: [kɔʈˈfoːʂ]) is an urban settlement by the railway,[1] situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden.[2] The settlement is located east of Granbergsdal Ironworks, northeast of Karlskoga and southwest of Nora.

Kortfors
Kortfors railway station
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Coordinates: 59°24′N 14°40′E
Country	Sweden
County	Örebro County
Municipality	Karlskoga Municipality
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Kortfors railway station functioned as a junction station, as it connects the Nora–Karlskoga Line to the Svartälvs Järnväg.

Kortfors was established as an ironworks in the 17th century, and the ironworks closed down in the 1920s.[3] At the end of the 17th century, ironmaster Georg de Besche acquired Kortfors,[4] and then by Johan Stensson Hammarström. In mid-18th century, Carl Daniel Luthman acquired it, followed by Georg Ahlborg, Per Castorin and Carl Lindberg.[4][5] At the end of its operational years, in the 20th century, the ironworks was acquired by the AB Héroults Elektriska Stål, established in 1902 by the French metallurgist Paul Héroult.[1]