Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality in the context of "Gustavsberg porcelain"

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⭐ Core Definition: Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality

Gustavsberg is a locality situated on the island of Värmdö in Sweden's Stockholm archipelago. From an administrative perspective, it is in Stockholm County and is the seat of Värmdö Municipality. It has 24,000 inhabitants as of 2023. It is most known for its porcelain factory, Gustavsberg porcelain, and toilet bowls distributed nationwide and internationally.

Ösbyträsk Nature Reserve is located nearby.

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👉 Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality in the context of Gustavsberg porcelain

Gustavsberg is a Swedish porcelain company that originated in 1826.It broke up in the 1990s and was sold off in pieces, to the dismay of residents of the Gustavsberg area, but artisans continued producing ceramics and household porcelain in the Gustavsberg tradition.

Production was split up: AB Gustavsberg manufactures bathroom fixtures and sanitary ware and was a subsidiary of Villeroy & Boch from 2001 until its sale to the Finnish Oras Group in 2025. HPF i Gustavsberg AB, wholly Swedish-owned, continues to manufacture tableware in Gustavsberg.

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Gustavsberg, Värmdö Municipality in the context of Värmdö Municipality

Värmdö Municipality (Swedish: Värmdö kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island at an elevation of 37 metres (121 ft).

The municipality is named after the main island Värmdön, 180 km (69 sq mi) in size.

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