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| | AllRefer.com - Eskilstuna, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | AllRefer.com - Eskilstuna, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia |
 | | Named after Eskil, an 11th-century English missionary who was martyred, the city was chartered (1659) by Charles X, who founded a gun factory there. |
 | | This factory became the nucleus of an expanding steel and tool industry, which has made Eskilstuna the rival of Sheffield, England, and Solingen, Germany, in the production of cutlery. |
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