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3 unusual facts about Strängnäs


Anna Phersönernas moder

Her husband later lived as a merchant in Stockholm, but returned to the priesthood in 1548, when he was employed in Strängnäs.

Läggesta railway station

Läggesta railway station is a railway station on Svealandsbanan near the small town of Mariefred in Strängnäs municipality, Sweden.

Pharmacia

The company's facilities in Strängnäs Sweden are presently being expanded for the production of Genotropin, a growth hormone.


Erik Benzelius

Erik Benzelius the Elder (1632–1709), bishop of Strängnäs, later archbishop of Uppsala

Mats Qviberg

Qviberg went to school in Bromma outside the city centre and completed his military service in Strängnäs.

Outokumpu

Nyby Ironworks in Torshälla was founded in 1829 by Adolf Zethelius, but ironworking on the site is first documented in the 15th century when the Bishop of nearby Strängnäs founded hammer forges by the waterfall near Nyby.


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