Johansfors Glasbruk was a

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glass Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline solid, non-crystalline) solid. Because it is often transparency and translucency, transparent and chemically inert, glass has found widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in window pane ...

maker founded in 1891. The current factory with

glassblowing Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating molten glass into a bubble (or parison) with the aid of a blowpipe (or blow tube). A person who blows glass is called a ''glassblower'', ''glassmith'', or ''gaffer''. A '' lampworke ...

and glass furnaces was built in 1955 at the same place where it began in 1891. It was bought by

Magnor Glassverk Magnor Glassworks (''Magnor Glassverk AS'') is a glass company located in Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. History Eda glasbruk glassworks factory was first founded in 1830 by Carl Christopher Lampa and Lars Wilhelm Ahlbom in Ed ...

in 1997 after having had financial problems.Norrmän räddade Johansfors glasbruk
'' Dagens Industri''. 29 January 2001 The factory is now closed. Examples of the glass produced there can be seen at the nearby Johansfors Gallery (in Bruksgatan, Johansfors).

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