Tidaholm
Encyclopedia
Tidaholm is a locality
and the seat of Tidaholm Municipality
in Västra Götaland County
, Sweden
, with 7,920 inhabitants in 2005.
factory was established in 1799 at the site of the Holmagarden forge. The ironworks were replaced in 1868 by a match factory. The Vulcan match
factory eventually became the largest in the world. Today, the Lithographic Art
Workshop in Tidaholm is in the former factory and carries on Tidaholm's tradition of the lithographic arts that began with designers of matchbox labels.
Tidaholm was detached from Baltak parish as a merchant town (köping
) in 1895 and was made a city in 1910. It has been the seat of the much larger Tidaholm Municipality
since 1974. Tidaholm is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
and the seat of Tidaholm Municipality
Tidaholm Municipality
Tidaholm Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Tidaholm.The municipality is located on the banks of the river Tidan....
in Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, with 7,920 inhabitants in 2005.
History
Early Tidaholm was primarily agricultural. An ironworksIronworks
An ironworks or iron works is a building or site where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and/or steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e...
factory was established in 1799 at the site of the Holmagarden forge. The ironworks were replaced in 1868 by a match factory. The Vulcan match
Match
A match is a tool for starting a fire under controlled conditions. A typical modern match is made of a small wooden stick or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by frictional heat generated by striking the match against a suitable surface...
factory eventually became the largest in the world. Today, the Lithographic Art
Lithography
Lithography is a method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface...
Workshop in Tidaholm is in the former factory and carries on Tidaholm's tradition of the lithographic arts that began with designers of matchbox labels.
Tidaholm was detached from Baltak parish as a merchant town (köping
Köping
This article deals with the Swedish denomination for a market town. For the city, see Köping, Sweden. For the municipality, see Köping Municipality....
) in 1895 and was made a city in 1910. It has been the seat of the much larger Tidaholm Municipality
Tidaholm Municipality
Tidaholm Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Tidaholm.The municipality is located on the banks of the river Tidan....
since 1974. Tidaholm is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.