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Adding local short description: "Region in northern Svealand, Sweden", overriding Wikidata description "historical, cultural, and linguistic region located in northern Svealand, Sweden"

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{{Short description|Region in northern Svealand, Sweden}}
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[[Image:LA2-Bergslagen-vatten.png|thumb|Map of Bergslagen]]
'''Bergslagen''' is a historical,{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} cultural,{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} and linguistic<ref>{{cite news|last1=Josephson|first1=Olle|title=Håll koll på diftongerna i sommar!|url=https://www.svd.se/hall-koll-pa-diftongerna-i-sommar|date=30 June 2014|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|publisher=Schibsted|accessdate=13 December 2014|language=Swedish|quote=Bergslagstal ("Bergslagen speech")}}</ref> region located north of [[Mälaren|Lake Mälaren]] in northern [[Svealand]], [[Sweden]], traditionally known as a [[mining district (Europe)|mining district]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bergslagen.se/upptack/var-historia.html#targetText=Den%20f%C3%B6rsta%20bergsmannen%20sl%C3%A5r%20sig,och%20utvinna%20j%C3%A4rn%20genom%20sm%C3%A4ltning.&targetText=J%C3%A4rnet%20blev%20en%20maktfaktor,%20med,handel%20med%20folk%20p%C3%A5%20kontinenten.|title=Vår historia - Bergslagen.se|website=www.bergslagen.se|language=sv|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref> In Bergslagen, the [[mining]] and [[metallurgy|metallurgic]] industries have been important since the [[Middle Ages]] although [[Malmfälten]] ("the Ore Fields"), the mining district of northernmost Sweden centred at the towns of [[Kiruna]] and [[Malmberget]], has been of greater importance during the 20th century.

Bergslagen is not precisely defined, but generally understood to cover part of the [[Provinces of Sweden|provinces]] of [[Västmanland]], [[Dalarna]] (the southern part), and [[Värmland]] (the eastern part). Typical towns in the area include [[Lindesberg]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lindesberg.se/kommunochpolitik/faktaomkommunen.4.5bdb4f15aa7bd64cdc4ee.html|title=Fakta om kommunen|website=www.lindesberg.se|language=sv|access-date=2019-10-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bergslagen.se/upptack/var-historia.html#targetText=Den%20f%C3%B6rsta%20bergsmannen%20sl%C3%A5r%20sig,och%20utvinna%20j%C3%A4rn%20genom%20sm%C3%A4ltning.&targetText=J%C3%A4rnet%20blev%20en%20maktfaktor,%20med,handel%20med%20folk%20p%C3%A5%20kontinenten.|title=Vår historia - Bergslagen.se|website=www.bergslagen.se|language=sv|access-date=2019-10-09}} {{verify source |date=November 2020 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/958761792 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/956545624 cite #2 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> [[Nora, Sweden|Nora]], [[Fagersta]], [[Sala, Sweden|Sala]], [[Kristinehamn]], [[Filipstad]], [[Grythyttan]], [[Ludvika]] and [[Hedemora]]. Also parts of northern [[Östergötland]], around [[Finspång]], as well as southern [[Närke]] can be included, then often referring to ''South Bergslagen''. A wider definition of the area can include parts of [[Gästrikland]] ([[Hofors]]) and [[Uppland]] (the former iron manufacturing district centred on [[Dannemora, Sweden|Dannemora]]) as well.

== History ==
The conflict of interests between iron exports from Bergslagen and territorial conflicts at [[Denmark]]'s southern border was a chief reason behind the [[Engelbrekt rebellion]] in 1434 and the following strife that ultimately resulted in the dissolution of the [[Kalmar Union]] in 1523.

Exports from Bergslagen were a source of wealth for Swedish merchants such as [[Birgitta Ingvaldsdotter]] who traded in the early part of the 16th century.

The region was an industrial powerhouse from the 17th century, up to the [[Steel crisis]] during the 1970s.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

== Minerals and mining ==
{{See also|Svecofennian orogeny}}
[[Image:Stora stöten.jpg|thumb|''Stora stöten'' (the Great Pit) [[Falun]]]]
The area is very rich in minerals. Mining has been focused on iron ore for centuries but other ores have been mined as well. Most mines are now closed, but in the 1970s many mines were still in operation. The earliest signs of iron making date back to 400 BC while industrial-scale activities date back to the 17th century.

At [[Långban]], where [[iron]] and [[manganese]] have been mined, 270 mineral species have been reported to date. Many of these minerals are unique to the Långban deposit, and 67 minerals were first found at this site.

==See also==
* [[Ecomuseum Bergslagen]]
* [[Falu red]]
* [[Roslagen]]
* [[Mälaren Valley]]

== References ==

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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051231021911/http://www.ekomuseum.se/english/index.html Ecomuseum Bergslagen] - Official site
*[http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/arc/langban.htm Långban and its minerals]

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[[Category:Mining in Sweden]]
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