Gyttorp

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FieldValue
official_nameGyttorp
image_skylineErskine Gyttorp Terrace houses 02.JPG
image_captionTypical town houses in Gyttorp
pushpin_mapSweden Örebro#Sweden
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSweden
subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Nora Municipality
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Örebro County
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Västmanland
established_titleFirst mentioned
established_date1539
area_footnotes
area_total_km22.74
population_as_of31 December 2010
population_footnotes
population_total661
population_density_km2241
timezoneCET
utc_offset+1
timezone_DSTCEST
utc_offset_DST+2
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History

Gyttorp was most probably settled during the Middle Ages as the place name suggests. Most probably the meaning of the name is Gydhi's or Gydha's new settlement.

Manor house

Gyttorp is mentioned as Gyetorp in the oldest taxation list for the area from 1539. The owner of Gyttorp estate and blast furnace at that time was the district senior juryman Karl Nilsson. He was ennobled in 1561 by king Eric XIV of Sweden. His coat of arms showed an oak leaf. This made Gyttorp estate a manor house for some decades.

Military industry

Karl Nilsson died in 1569, but the estate stayed in his family until 1606 when the Swedish state bought it in order to build a small scale military industry at the site. A new blast furnace and foundry were soon built where cannons, cannonballs and grenades were made of iron. This military production was continued until the mid 17th century, but from 1621 by private lease-holders. In 1670 the Swedish state sold Gyttorp to private owners and the water power was now only used for a watermill and saw mill. A furnace for copper production was built here in the 1710s but was closed in the 1750s. Between 1706 and 1804 there was an inn in Gyttorp.

Explosive factory

In 1858 an explosive factory was built next by lake Vikern in Gyttorp. At first gunpowder and later nitroglycerin and dynamite was produced. The explosives were mainly used for blasting in mines. In 1915 this Gyttorps Sprängämnes AB was united with Alfred Nobel's company Nitroglycerin AB and in a few years the new company moved all its production to Gyttorp. This meant that a new modern factory was built in Gyttorp and around it a new urban area grew up. Many private homes were built and after World War II Nitroglycerin AB gave the British architect Ralph Erskine the task to plan the new modern Gyttorp which has given Gyttorp a very typical architecture. 131 apartments as well as business premises and a school were built between 1948 and 1961. In the 1950s the explosive factory employed more than 800 workers.

Today the explosive factory is owned by the Australian company Orica and the production is concentrated to detonation systems such as Nonel that was invented by the engineers in Gyttorp during the 1960s. The once in all aspects dominating factory that around 1980 had 1600 employees today has a workforce of less than a fifth of that figure.

Shotgun shells have been produced in Gyttorp since 1908 under the brand Gyttorp. The production was started by Gyttorps Sprängämnes AB but today it's produced by the company Gyttorp AB.

[[Riksdag]] elections

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Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight
197391.27375.065.918.04.71.84.371.027.1
197691.37104.865.418.05.11.05.670.128.7
197989.17034.467.313.56.10.67.371.726.9
198290.37015.372.90.410.82.60.17.878.221.3
198589.46586.470.41.47.86.27.976.721.9
198883.45897.367.12.99.36.31.05.877.221.4
199185.85899.058.20.87.84.62.48.87.667.223.6
199488.25749.165.22.36.64.51.09.81.476.522.0
199878.751219.353.92.74.93.36.38.276.022.7
200274.249112.858.21.86.17.76.34.31.872.924.4
200679.75165.457.03.16.85.23.311.66.665.526.9
201080.65725.451.23.35.24.53.819.16.860.032.7
201479.65595.944.72.05.92.32.311.821.352.622.4
201884.75797.136.11.67.81.25.99.728.352.545.1
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References

  • Jan Eric Almqvist: Herrgårdarna i Sverige under reformationstiden (1523–1611). Skrifter utgivna av Rättsgenetiska institutet vid Stockholms Högskola 3. Stockholm 1960.
  • Erik Andrén:* Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget 1864–1964.* Gyttorp 1964.
  • Johan Johansson: Om Noraskog II. Stockholm 1881–1882.
  • Sören Klingnéus: "Från Nerikes faktori till Bofors. Krigsindustrin i Örebro län." In Närkingar i krig och fred. Närkes Militärhistoria, vol 1. Kumla 1989.
  • Mats Wahlberg [ed]: Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, Uppsala 2003.

References

  1. (14 December 2011). "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010". [[Statistics Sweden]].
  2. Wahlberg 2003, p.100
  3. Johansson 1881–1882, p.201
  4. Almqvist 1960, p.137
  5. Klingnéus 1989, p.455–457
  6. Andrén 1964
  7. "Allmänna valen 1973". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  8. "Allmänna valen 1976". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  9. "Allmänna valen 1979". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  10. "Allmänna valen 1982". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  11. "Allmänna valen 1985". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  12. "Allmänna valen 1988". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  13. "Allmänna valen 1991". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  14. "Allmänna valen 1994". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  15. "Allmänna valen 1998". [[Statistiska Centralbyrån.
  16. "Gyttorp - summering". [[Valmyndigheten]].
  17. "Allmänna val 17 september 2006 - Gyttorp". [[Valmyndigheten]].
  18. "Gyttorp - Röster Val 2010". [[Valmyndigheten]].
  19. "Gyttorp - Röster Val 2014". [[Valmyndigheten]].
  20. "Gyttorp - Röster Val 2018". [[Valmyndigheten]].

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