In 1853 the Swedish parliament decided to build a state-owned national railway network. Many private railways were built as connections to the national one and were often narrow gauge. Maximum length in 1938. Most private railways then got economical problems and were bought up by the state till 1950. Many lines were closed, especially narrow gauge ones.
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66 Data from Statistics Sweden. All three for iron ore transports. Malmbanan is to-day the only iron ore railway in Sweden. It is a very fascinating line in northmost Sweden. Although the many small mines and iron works got better transportation facilities, the net result was that the larger ones gained more, since transports could be made to large, efficient factories.