The finnish glass industry

Abstract

In 1948 the Finnish glass industry celebrated the 200th anniversary of its first permanent establishment. Although Finland's first glassworks was built as early as 1681, in Uusikaupunki (Nystad), it was burnt down immediately afterwards and all memory of its existence had disappeared when new plans to build a glassworks were put in hand. This enterprise was the Avik glassworks, erected in 1748, and the pioneer plant in Finland. To mark this anniversary, Prof. Annala has published a two-volume history of the industry during the period of Russian rule (18090–1917). These two volumes form the second part of a larger work, the first part of which, covering the period of Swedish rule, was published in 1931, to mark the 250th anniversary of the Uusikaupunki factory. The recent war and the evacuation of the archives account for the long delay in the completion of the work.