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Kosta Glasbruk

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Industry
  
Glassware, Art Glass

Website
  
KostaBoda.se

Headquarters
  
Kosta, Sweden

Area served
  
Worldwide

Founded
  
1742

Type of business
  
Private

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Founders
  
Anders Koskull, George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein

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Kosta Glasbruk [ˈkuːsta ˈɡlɑːsˈbruːk] (later known as Kosta Boda [ˈkuːsta ˈbuːˈda]) is a Swedish glassworks founded by two foreign officers in Charles XII's army, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein, in 1742. The name is a portmanteau of the founders' surnames, Ko(skull) + Sta(el). It is located in Kosta, Sweden, which was named for the company. The surrounding region has become known as the "Kingdom of Crystal" and is now a tourist site which attracts a million visitors annually.

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History

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.

In 1903, the company merged with the Reijmyre glassworks but both retained their own names and Kosta went on to maintain its reputation as one of the leading Swedish manufacturers with a range of fine art glass and tableware by distinguished designers such as Vicke Lindstrand, artistic director from 1950-1973.

Having merged with Boda Glasbruk in Emmaboda Municipality, Kosta Glasbruk is still active today under the name of Kosta Boda.

Designers

  • Monica Backström
  • Olle Brozén
  • Anna Ehrner
  • Kjell Engman
  • Ulrica Hydman-Vallien
  • Erik Höglund
  • Åsa Jungnelius
  • Ludvig Löfgren
  • Mona Morales-Schildt
  • Anne Nilsson
  • Sven Palmqvist
  • Gunnel Sahlin
  • Bertil Vallien
  • Ann Wåhlström
  • Göran Wärff
  • References

    Kosta Glasbruk Wikipedia


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