The Stora Kopparberg: Sweden's Medieval Mining Giant

Long before Sweden's iron ore financed its wars, copper from the Stora Kopparberg mine in Falun made the Vasa kings rich. This episode digs into the medieval origins of Sweden's first 'corporation,' the Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags Aktiebolag, and how a 13th-century mining cooperative evolved into the world's oldest joint-stock company still in operation. Lucas and Luna explore the 1347 charter, the brutal working conditions of the bergsmän, the environmental disaster of the Great Pit, and how copper exports bankrolled Gustav Vasa's Reformation and Sweden's early wars. They also touch on the 1650s copper coinage crisis and the lasting legacy of Falun's red paint. A story of innovation, exploitation, and the metal that built a kingdom.

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