Laver (ghost town) explained

Laver is a ghost town located about 15 km southwest of Vidsel and 50 km west of Älvsbyn in Sweden which existed between 1936 and 1947. It was a mining community where copper was extracted. About 350 people lived there at most. The operations of the Laver mine ended on 4 November 1946.

Further reading

• Book: Alerby, Eva . Laver: beskrivning av Sveriges modernaste gruvsamhälle under åren 1937–1947, med speciell tonvikt på skolan . 1994.
• Holmberg . Andreas . Korva . Niklas . Laver – orten som försvann . C-Uppsats . . Swedish . 2006 . 1402-1773 . 19 July 2010.

External links

• Laver – ett gruvsamhälle med kort livslängd
• Lavergruvan

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