Every design for Åtvidaberg

At the Åtvidaberg works and Facit museum, the story is told of a town that once lived in step with its industry. A community took shape here around the works and manufacturing, and the traces remain in the streets, the buildings and the names still in use. Åtvidaberg, or Åtvid as many say locally, is the main town of Åtvidaberg municipality in Östergötland County.

There is something about the old works communities that stirs recognition even in someone who has only passed through. Solkanonen and Sockertoppen are among the places locals point out to visitors, and that turn up in memories and stories generation after generation. It is the inheritance of a community built on work and ingenuity.

The Facit museum stands as a reminder of the manufacturing that once put Åtvidaberg on the map. Having that map across your chest is a way of holding on to a town with both history and a character of its own — for anyone who grew up here or simply feels at home in the old industrial surroundings.