Forsviks bruk

Industrial societys cultural heritage

Arkivhandlingar i Forsviks bruks ägo.
Photographer: Sandra Bjärenberg

The historical heritage of industrial society is part of our culture and our identity. Industrial operations have shaped whole regions and communities. Industry has made its mark on both rural and urban areas, and in working environments as well as in home construction. Industrialisation has had a huge influence on people’s working conditions, their domestic life and leisure, and even the way they think.

Machinery, environments and people

It is essential to have an overall perspective when looking at our industrial heritage. Machinery, factories and their environment are interwoven with the people who lived there in the past and those who live there today, as well as the working conditions and living patterns which industry has given rise to.

Read the stories from Forsviks Bruk below.

A day in Forsviks Bruk foundry

When newly graduated photographer Martin Nauclér spent a day in Forsviks bruk's historic foundry in 1974, it was the end of an era that was being documented, although no one knew it at the time.

The works railway is renovated

In 1886, Forsviks mill built a railway to facilitate transport between the mill's workshops and the Göta Canal, where the goods were loaded onto waiting boats.