Iggesund

Geography

History

• 1546 – Swedish king Gustav Vasa established an eel fishery at the Iggån.
• 1672 – Östanå paper mills were built on the northern shore of the Viksjön lake. They represented the first major industry in Iggesund.
• 1685 – Iggesund's industrial era began with the completion of the Iggesunds Bruk iron mill. Iggesund slowly transformed from an agricultural into an industrial town. With the steady expansion of Iggesunds Bruk the town's name slowly turned into a synonym for the mill.
• 1721 – Russians troops burned down a large part of the industry and town.

  Name

• around 1400: Igesunda
• around 1500: Egesund, Eghesund, Eggesund, Iggesund, Iggsund