Every design for Hallstahammar

There is still a ring of metal about Hallstahammar. This works town in Västmanland grew up around forges and workshops, and industry has marked both the streets and the sense of community. Everyday life goes at its own pace here, with a pride in what was once beaten and shaped by hands and fire.

The Trångfors forge recalls the times when the fire was never allowed to go out, and down by Harmsjön stands the Fiskestenen, where you can sit a while. That Thore Skogman counts among the town's sources of pride says something about how the music and the local temperament live on here.

For anyone who grew up between these forges and lakes, the map sits deeper than the fabric – it is felt in the stomach as a way home, however far away you have ended up.