Kortfors

59°24′N 14°40′E / 59.400°N 14.667°E / 59.400; 14.667CountrySwedenCountyÖrebro CountyMunicipalityKarlskoga MunicipalityTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Kortfors (Swedish pronunciation: [kɔʈˈfoːʂ]) is an urban settlement by the railway,^[1] situated in Karlskoga Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden.^[2] The settlement is located east of Granbergsdal Ironworks, northeast of Karlskoga and southwest of Nora.

Kortfors railway station functioned as a junction station, as it connects the Nora–Karlskoga Line to the Svartälvs Järnväg [sv].

Kortfors was established as an ironworks in the 17th century, and the ironworks closed down in the 1920s.^[3] At the end of the 17th century, ironmaster Georg de Besche acquired Kortfors,^[4] and then by Johan Stensson Hammarström. In mid-18th century, Carl Daniel Luthman acquired it, followed by Georg Ahlborg, Per Castorin and Carl Lindberg.^[4] At the end of its operational years, in the 20th century, the ironworks was acquired by the AB Héroults Elektriska Stål, established in 1902 by the French metallurgist Paul Héroult.^[1]

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