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Kåfjord Copper Works
Doremo: New article, translated from part of Norwegian WP
[[File:Voyages de la Commission scientifique du Nord, en Scandinavie, en Laponie, au Spitzberg et aux Feröe - no-nb digibok 2009040611002-120.jpg|thumb|The Alten Copper Works 1852]]
The '''Kåfjord Copper Works''' (, originally '''Alten Copper Mines''' and later '''Alten Copper Works''')<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> was a company established in 1826 to mine copper in [[Kåfjord, Alta|Kåfjord]], Norway.<ref></ref>
After the discovery of copper ore in the area in the 17th century, exploration for ore started in the 18th century. The copper works in Kåfjord operated from 1826 to 1878 under English owners, and again from 1896 to 1909 under Swedish owners.<ref></ref>
==References==
==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2tUoDTR Kåfjord - byen som forsvant med kopper ressursene] (Kåfjord: The Town That Disappeared Together with Its Copper Resources), article published by the [[World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum|Alta Museum]]
[[Category:History of Finnmark]]
[[Category:Historic copper smelters]]
[[Category:Alta, Norway]]
The '''Kåfjord Copper Works''' (, originally '''Alten Copper Mines''' and later '''Alten Copper Works''')<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> was a company established in 1826 to mine copper in [[Kåfjord, Alta|Kåfjord]], Norway.<ref></ref>
After the discovery of copper ore in the area in the 17th century, exploration for ore started in the 18th century. The copper works in Kåfjord operated from 1826 to 1878 under English owners, and again from 1896 to 1909 under Swedish owners.<ref></ref>
==References==
==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2tUoDTR Kåfjord - byen som forsvant med kopper ressursene] (Kåfjord: The Town That Disappeared Together with Its Copper Resources), article published by the [[World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum|Alta Museum]]
[[Category:History of Finnmark]]
[[Category:Historic copper smelters]]
[[Category:Alta, Norway]]
July 01, 2018 at 12:01PM
