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Kosta Boda (), formerly known as Kosta Glasbruk (), is a Swedish glassmaking company that is a well known manufacturer of art glass and tableware. It is located in Kosta, Sweden, which was named for the company. and is now a tourist site which attracts a million visitors annually.
History
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Kosta Glasbruk was founded in 1742 by two officers in Charles XII's army, and Georg Bogislaus Staël von Holstein. The name is a portmanteau of the founders' surnames, Ko(skull) + Sta(el) and Boda Glasbruk, which was a company in Emmaboda Municipality that was merged into Kosta Glasbruk. In 1903, the company also merged with the Reijmyre glassworks, although both entities retained their names. Kosta Glasbruk is active today under the name of Kosta Boda.
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.
In 1898, the company hired the artist as its first in-house designer.
In 1990 Orrefors bought Kosta Boda.
Objects made by Kosta are in collections such as the Swedish National Museum, , National Museum of Norway, the Victorian and Albert Museum in London and the National Museum of Wales, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands, as well as the Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum and Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Kosta Boda is also known as the maker of the Eurovision Song Contest trophy since 2008, and the Women’s World Championship International Handball Federation trophy since 2023.
Gallery
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Views of the Kosta factory buildings and town
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File:0338Kosta Glasbruk.jpg|Aerial view, Kosta site
File:011Kosta.Storgatan.jpg|Main Street, Kosta
File:003Kosta glasbruk.jpg|Kosta Boda foundry
File:006Kosta Bruksmiljö.jpg|Factory grounds
File:004Kosta Boda Art Gallery.jpg|Art Gallery
File:008Kosta.Stenmagasinet.jpg|Stenmagasinet
File:Kosta glashus 1956 (färg).JPG|Kosta Glashus by Bruno Mathsson
File:Kosta glashus, 2018f.jpg|Cultural Heritage plaque, Kosta Glashus
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Glass making process
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File:Kosta-glasbruk-glassblowing.jpg|Glassblowing demonstration
File:1523Kosta.jpg|Glassblowing
File:1521Kosta.jpg|Glassblowing
File:Kosta fabriken, juni 2018h.jpg|Glassblowing
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Glass by Kosta Glasbruk
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File:Starkvinsglas Smålands museum M 43696-032yi14ZQqGM.jpeg|Elvira Madigan service
File:Kosta Boda pitcher.jpg|Pitcher
File:Crystal paperweight from Kosta, Sweden.jpg|Crystal paperweight
File:Kosta Boda vase side.jpg|Vase
File:Vas Smålands museum M 18726-013AkNokhghv.jpeg|Vase by Mona Morales-Schildt
File:Vas Smålands museum M 43385-032yi14ZPppd.jpeg|Vase by Christian von Sydow
File:Vas Smålands museum M 51216-022yi14iJ5mM.jpeg|Vase by Göran Wärff
File:Glasskulptur Smålands museum (M 48749).jpg|Vase by (1989)
File:Ulrica Hydman Caramba! vase.jpg|Vase by Ulrica Hydman Vallien (2001)
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Kosta Glashus by Bruno Mathsson
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Kosta glashus, 2018a.jpg
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File:Kosta glashus, 2018c.jpg
File:Kosta glashus, 2018e.jpg
File:Kosta glashus 1956a.JPG
File:Kosta glashus 1956b.JPG
File:Kosta glashus 1958a.JPG
File:Kosta glashus 1956c.JPG
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References
External links
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