Copper Worlds : A historical archaeology of Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their industrial enterprise in the Torne River Valley, c. 1650-1680

• Published in: Acta Borealia
• Main Authors: Nordin, Jonas M., Ojala, Carl-Gösta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Arkeologi 2017
• Subjects: Seventeenth century; colonialism; modernity; copper industry; mining; mines; works; Dutch industrialists; Sápmi; Sámi; Torne River Valley; Kengis; 1600-tal; kolonialism; modernitet; koppar; industrialism; gruvor; bruk; nederländska; industrialister; samer; Tornedalen; Archaeology; Arkeologi; Two Brothers; Acta Borealia; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-334538; https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2017.1397397

This article analyses the industrial enterprise of the Dutch-born brothers Abraham and Jakob Momma-Reenstierna and their investments in Sápmi and the upper parts of the Torne River Valley, northern Sweden, during the second half of the seventeenth century. The aim is to explore the driving forces be...