瑞典钢铁工业史
The history of Swedish iron and steel industry The Swedish iron and steel industry has a long history beginning in the Middle Ages. The Period of Osmund It was merchants from Lübeck who, in the Middle Ages, began to interest the kings of Sweden in the export of iron on a large scale. It was also at that time that German mine owners and merchants acquired the rights to run their own operations in Sweden's miningareas and trading communities. Mining and foreign trade thereby paved the way for the integration of Sweden into the mainstream of European civilisation. The consequence was a new economic structure and the emergence of a broader society in the formerly agrarian Sweden. The Swedish iron exports during the Middle Ages comprised so-called osmunds– a standardised format of high-grade forged iron with a weight of just 3 hectograms.The osmund was an accepted object of barter both in Sweden and abroad and was also used as a form of payment with its value being determined by the C...
