Kosta Glasbruk (later known as Kosta Boda) is a Swedish glassworks founded by two foreign officers in Charles XII's army, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein, in 1742. It is located in Kosta (between the cities of Kalmar and Växjö) in the forested Småland province. The surrounding region has become known as the "Kingdom of Crystal" and is now a tourist site which attracts a million visitors annually. // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... is a historical province (landskap) in southern Sweden. ... The Kingdom of Crystal (or Glasriket is Swedish) is an area in the Municipalities of Sweden consisting of a total of 11 glassworks in Emmaboda, Nybro Uppvidinge and Lessebo in southern Sweden. ...

Early production consisted of window glass, chandeliers and drinking glasses. From the 1840s, the factory was at the forefront of new trends and technical developments, producing pressed glass, and in the 1880s setting up a new glass-cutting workshop. A window is an opening in an otherwise solid and opaque surface through which light and, sometimes, air can pass. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colours as shown in this ball from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... Chandelier in the Vice Presidents Ceremonial Office in the White House A chandelier is a ceiling-mounted fixture with two or more arms bearing lights. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colours as shown in this ball from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... Pressed glass is a form of glass made using a plunger to press molten glass into mold. ...

In 1903, the company merged with the Reijmyre glassworks but both retained their own names and Kosta went on to maintain its reputation as one of the leading Swedish manufacturers with a range of fine art glass and tableware by distinguished designers such as Vicke Lindstrand, artistic director from 1950-1973. 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Art glass normally means the modern art glass movement in which individual artists working alone or with a few assistants to create works from molten glass in relatively small furnaces of a few hundred pounds of glass. ... Tableware are the cutlery, eating utensils, glassware, and dishware used when setting a table for dining. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Having merged with Boda Glasbruk in Emmaboda Municipality, Kosta Glasbruk is still active today under the name of Kosta Boda, despite a general decline in turnover. Emmaboda is a Municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. ...

Since 1 June 2005, the owner of the glassworks has been the corporate development company, the New Wave Group.

External links

• Company official website
• A company entry at Illinois State Museum
• Kosta Boda glass on the internet