T able 35. The manufacture of the most important Wood-wares at Saw-mills
and Planing-mills in 1912. In cubic meters.
Lan
Unplaned
deals’
battens
and boards
Planed
boards
Board
and deal-
ends
Lists
and laths
Staves
and
handings
Fuelwood
Total
cubic
meters i
Stockholm c ity ................ 1 8 9 7 3 857 115 372 6241
Stockholm l a n ................ 57 520 2 1 5 5 1 1 7 1 9 1 5 1 2 ■ 9 18 492 100 794
Uppsala............................ 194 481 29 622 1 1 0 5 6 2 268 6 544 25 937 269 908
Södermanland................ 60 066 24 667 1 7 6 5 511 303 25 210 112 522
Ostergötland.................... 108 279 33 931 1 0 1 1 977 2 046 34 067 180 311
Jonkoping........................ 81 275 23 639 2 1 5 3 981 441 29 535 138024
Kronoberg........................ 79 788 2 1 7 0 8 335 1 5 4 3 4 326 22 608 130 308!
K a lm a r............................ 83 802 2 5 1 9 3 3 1 1 7 638 1 6 5 6 18 709 133115!
G o ttla n d ........................ 1 1 5 0 1 3 2 7 _ 160 _ 377 3014!
B le k in g e ........................ 9 344 8 755 iSSEs 456 360 3 360 2 2 275
Kristianstad . . . . . . . 15 769 634 56 3 595 2 885 5 597 28 5361
Malmöhus........................ 6 730 7 723 1H 688 1 8 3 9 6 540 23 520
Halland............................ 11 370 5 798 : IÜ 220 572 3 668 21628
Göteborg och Bohus. . . 30 484 9 4 8 7 3 _ 2 587 1 7 1 0 14 770 164424
Alvsborg ........................ 6 1 9 6 0 1 9 1 8 1 350 1 8 0 4 1 1 0 8 24 634 109037
Skaraborg........................ 59 804 10 517 220 498 - ■ 2 1 1 3 2 92171
Värmland........................ 324 195 - 29 722 6 776 2 960 4 681 76 636 444 970
Ö r e b ro ............................ 117 931 1 6 1 7 4 1 4 7 1 2 805 978 52 639 191998
Västmanland . . . . . . 8 5 039 20 345 1 7 7 0 1 1 1 6 573 45 064 153907
Kopparberg.................... 307 085 118 442 7 209 4 823 5 454 27 213 470 226!
Gävleborg........................ 641 208 2 2 4 605 63 647 8 1 1 8 26 631 26 368 990 577:
Västernorrland................ 1 3 8 4 366 2 6 1 8 1 1 1 7 4 758 28 689 5 9 8 6 3 1 5 0 8 2 5 2 060 312!
J äm tla n d ........................ 7 1 5 1 7 42 779 353 1 6 2 1 15 483 7 876 139629
Yästerbotten.................... 333 836 94 385 59 059 1 5 3 6 8 12 848 3 338 518834
Norrbotten........................ 3 8 0 748 9 839 44 564 13 738 1 5 9 6 0 .1 0 8 3 3 475 682
The whole kingdom 4529014 1151 078 381389 97 791 166261 655 §00 6 981963|
1 The figures do not include some less important kinds of goods (lath- and trellis wood,
etc.), of which the statistics do not give the quantity but only the value.
by joint-stock companies (with limited liability) and 227 by other companies
— thus together considerably more than half. The preponderance of the
companies is, however, still greater than is shown by these figures, since
nearly all the largest export saw-mills are in the hands of companies,
mostly joint-stock ones.
The following survey of the principal saw-mills will show their situation
within different parts of the country.1
Beginning with the northernmost lan of Sweden, and omitting a few mills of
minor importance in the Haparanda district and in its vicinity, we find in the
parish of Neder-Kalix the Bdtskàrsnàs or Fortuna saw-mill. The mill is provided
with 4 saw-frames, edging-benches, heading-machines, etc. and ships annually
about 8 000 standards of sawn goods, besides a large quantity of chareoal
etc. In the same parish at the mouth of the Kalix, lies Karlsborg, belonging to
the B a lt is k a tr a v a r u a k t ie b o la g e t , and employing 10 saw-frames, and shipping
about 20 000 standards of sawn timber, inclusive of timber from the Stensborg
saw-mills in the Luleâ shipping-district, belonging to the same company. Some1
Translation of some Swedish expressions. Aktiebolag = joint-stock company. Bolag
= company or partnership. Travaru = wood. Sdg = saw-mill. Sagverk = saw-mill.
Angsag = steam saw-mill.
what farther to the west lies Torefors, with 3 saw-frames and an annual;
shipment of 8 000 standards of sawn timber.
In the district of Pited lie Munksmnd and Skuthamn (owned by the Munk-
su nd S a g v e r k s a k t ie b o la g ) , the former with 10 saw-frames and the latter with
5. and shipping altogether about 18 000 standards. Not far away lies the Stor-
fors saw-mill, belonging to a joint-stock company of the same name, which
also owns Brannfors, in the Lan of Vasterbotten. Its shipments probably amount
to nearly 20 000 standards.
In the lan of Vfisterbotten we find Furuogrund, owned by the Y t t e r s t f o f s
tr a v a ru a k tieb o la g , and, in the vicinity of Skellefted, the important saw-mills
of 8 arenas and Bjornsholmen, which are owned by the S a v e n a s N y a A k t ie bolag;
altogether, these mills have an output of about 15 000 standards. Bure,
belonging to the company of the same name, ships about 12 000 standards of sawn
timber and 2 000 standards of planed timber. Bobertsfors is a water (turbine-)
saw-mill with 5 frames and 2 edging-benches. At the mouth of the TJmea lie
Holmsund and Sandvik, each of them owned by a separate joint-stock company.
Further south,: in the parish of Nordmaling, are situated Rundvik (with
8 saw-frames) and the Mo (or Norrbyskaren) angsag; the latter, which is the
largest saw-mill north of the Sundsvall district, has 12 saw-frames and a planing-
mill with 4 planing-machines; the shipments amount to about 20,000 standards.
The establishment belongs to the Mo o ch Dorns jo A k t ie b o la g .
The province of Jfimtland, being distant from the sea, has only a few sawmills
of importance. The principal ones are Gallo and Trang (or Trangsviken)-,
both ship their products largely over Norway.
Tfisternorrland, on the other hand, is distinguished for its many big mills,
only a few of which can here be mentioned. Belonging to the Ornskoldsvik
shipping district, there are J a rved,' with 9 saw-frames, Kopmanholmen, and Dom-
sjo, with 6 saw-frames, a planing-mill with 2 planing-machines, and a shipment
of 9-fgO 000 standards; it is owned by the Mo och Domsjo Aktiebolag.
Along the Angermnn&lven (the district of Hamosand) there is a big assemblage
of large saw-mills. At Nyland, where the river begins to be navigable for
sea-going „vessels, we find the first steam saw-mills. Not far from Nyland lie
Marieberg, Koja, and, on the southern bank, Bollsta, belonging to G r a n in g e -
v e rk en s A k t ie b o la g and shipping about 12 000 standards of sawn timber.
Further down lie Lugnvik and Hallsta; Dal, with a large planing-mill; Sand'd on
an island in the river; Sandviken, Stromnds, Svanb, also situated on an island in
the: river, and Sprangsviken, both of which latter belong to the same company,
and finally, Kramfors, the largest in the district, with 12 saw-frames, 4 planing-
machines, edging-benches and heading machines, etc.; its shipments amount to
more than 20 000 standards. Near Hamosand lie Ulvvik and Lovvik, shipping
altogether 13 000 standards, and in the town itself there is Hdrndsands angsag,
belonging, as also Bjorknas, to the B jo r k n a s A k t ie b o la g , whose annual shipments
are estimated at about 17 000 standards.
More important still than the Harnosand district is that of Sundsvall (or
Medelpad), both as regards the magnitude of its shipments and, particularly,
the prices obtained for the goods shipped. The principal saw-mill owners there
are the S k o n v ik s A k tie b o la g , which, among other mills, run the great steam
saw-mills of Skonvik and. Ostrand (the latter recently burnt down), each with
15 saw-frames, besides edging-machines, planing-machines, etc. The company
was organized in 1861 and has had a most successful career, at the same time
having devoted large amounts to experiments made for chemical and technical
purposes. Its total shipments amount to about 23 000 standards of sawn or
planed timber, besides fire-wood, charcoal, etc.
Vivsta varv, north of Sundsvall, is, as has already been mentioned in another