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house, &c., are at Ahus at the mouth of the river. It is among the first twelve manufacturing towns of Sweden as regards value of output, having See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works, See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills, distilleries, See also:

WEAVING

weaving mills and See also:

SUGAR

sugar factories. See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

Granite and See also:

wood-pulp are exported, and See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain imported. The town is the seat of the See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal for the provinces of Skane and Blekinge. It was foundedand fortified in 1614 by See also:

Christian IV. of See also:

Denmark, who built the See also:

FINE

fine ornate See also:

church. The town was ceded to Sweden in 1658, retaken by Christian V. in 1676, and again acquired by Sweden in 1678.

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