Kolarkoja
The place
Kolarkoja (Charcoal-burner's cabin) in Dalarna, Ludvika/Grangärde sector (central Sweden), at a true altitude of ~200 m (the listed 0 m is erroneous), in the Bergslagen massif. Part of the continuous Sweden cluster (batches 273-306). Kolarkoja = a traditional charcoal burner's cabin (kolare = artisanal charcoal burners, 16th-19th century, for the Swedish iron industry; Bergslagen, the "land of mines", cradle of Scandinavia's industrial revolution), in a conifer zone. Heritage of the kolare and of Swedish iron.
The setting
Dalarna Ludvika/Grangärde central Sweden, altitude 0 m erroneous ~200 m actual, continuous cluster batches 273-306, Kolarkoja charcoal burners kolare 16th-19th c. ironworking, Bergslagen "land of mines" Scandinavian industrial revolution, Swedish iron.
