A Day in Hagfors, Sweden

The Uddeholm mill, a historic and renowned steelworks active since the seventeenth century, remains today among the world's leading producers of specialty steels for tool-making.

Heading toward the surrounding countryside, you'll encounter villages linked to the literary memory of Selma Lagerlof, Nobel Prize winner in literature, native to Varmland.

A few kilometers away, the forests surrounding Hagfors offer hiking trails and lakes used for recreational fishing in the summer months.

Toward evening, the city center venues offer dishes of Swedish tradition, often featuring game abundant in the surrounding woods.

Hagfors tells lesser-known industrial Sweden, that of quality steel born amid the forests of Värmland.

A useful stopover for those wanting to discover the productive side of a region otherwise known primarily for its literary tradition.