Created by

Jonas Carlson Almqvist

Completed on

12/28/2009 12:00:00 AM

About this Project

Kosta Glasbruk (later known as Kosta Boda) is a Swedish glassworks founded by two foreign officers in Charles XII's army, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein, in 1742 . It is located in Kosta, Sweden. The surrounding region has become known as the "Kingdom of Crystal" and is now a tour

ist site which attracts a million visitors annually. Early production consisted of window glass, chandeliers and drinking glasses. From the 1840s, the factory was at the forefront of new trends and technical developments, producing pressed glass, and in the 1880s setting up a new glass-cutting workshop.

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