Everything about Kosta Boda totally explained
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 (between the cities of Kalmar and Växjö) in the forested
Småland province. The surrounding region has become known as the "
Kingdom of Crystal" and is now a tourist 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.
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. Since
June 1,
2005, the owner of the glassworks has been the corporate development company, the New Wave Group. This also includes the glassworks in Åfors and
Orrefors .
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