Coal pile, “kolmila” near Edsbyn with group of men, approx 1910. This image was in my great grandfather’s photo collection. (This is cropped version of the original to show more detail.) Our family believes the young man on far right is David Åberg, son of Per Johan Åberg and grandson of Olof Olsson Åberg. This may be around 1910. Would like to identify other people in photo. From Kjell Åberg – I have not seen this type before, but it looks like a “kolmila”, where you build an intricate pattern with lumber and then light it very carefully and guard it so it burns very slowly and not completely –…

(Photo is John Olof Oberg at forge, possibly in Boone, Iowa, shortly after immigration in 1904)   Olof Olsson Åberg, my great great great grandfather, was co-founder of Urafors axe factory in Ullungsfors (later moved to Edsbyn), Sweden with his brother Per Stålberg. These axes are well known in Scandinavia as being extremely high quality and desirable even though they were made MANY years ago, most of them approximately between 1860 to mid 1960s. There are a number of photos at the Edsbyn museum of the Urafors axe factory and workers, most from the years 1900 and after. I’ll include some links below. When Olof Olsson passed away in 1900,…