Offices-Apartment Building - Norrköping, Sweden
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DougK
N 58° 35.462 E 016° 10.994
33V E 568781 N 6495120
At one time Norrköping had a flourishing textile mill industry located along the Motala River and was known as the Manchester of Sweden, after its counterpart city in England.
Waymark Code: WMHR5Q
Location: Östergötland, Sweden
Date Posted: 08/07/2013
Views: 8
Industry, including textile manufacturers, expanded into the 20th century in Norrköping. In 1950 a total of 54 factories had 6,600 employees in town. By 1956, however, 18 of them had been closed due to competition from countries abroad with lower wages, such as Italy and Japan. In 1970 only 10 factories and 1,200 employees remained.
Several buildings along the Motala River were once part of the textile industry. Some buildings on the Norrköping Campus of University of Linköping are converted textile mills. The buildings pictured here along the river have been converted to apartment living space and small businesses.
Address::
4-8 Garvaregatan
Norrköping, Östergötland Sweden
Year built: 1921
Year converted: 1970s
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