Mullhyttans Bygdeförening

The Mullhyttan Rural Association

Purpose

Once upon a time there was a village, for several hundred years called Mullhyttan or Mullhyttemo. The name was well established and referred to the "heyday" of the area with blast-furnace works
( Swedish: hytta ) in the centre. Postcards were stamped Mullhyttemo, later Mullhyttan. The postal
address was the same as the name of the village.
Then the postal authorities started to rationalize, to bring the names of the post-offices of the districts
into conformity.
In the early 1970-ies the Mullhyttan postal address became Fjugesta. This was an attack on the identity of the village. It was felt as an effort to eradicate Mullhyttan. How would people find their way? You got visions of people driving around in Fjugesta trying to find their friends in Mullhyttan,
ten miles away. It actually happened that an ambulance drove around in Fjugesta in search for a patient
in Mullhyttan.
To stop this, protest meetings were held in the village and lists of names were presented to the authorities. The whole village was engaged and strong feelings were expressed. In the end Mullhyttan was reinstated as postal address. The people of the village learnt to work together to achive what the individuals cannot do on their own.
In 1973 it was decided to form the Mullhyttan Rural Association to deal with similar problems in the future.
The purpose of the Association is defined as follows:

To safeguard common interest of the inhabitants in the area of the Association.
To engage in activities which benefit the area.
To acquire and maintain premises for historical and cultural activities.
To start and support activities for youth, culture and other purposes of benefit to the Association.

The aim is to work together for the good of the inhabitants of Mullhyttan, to remember the past and to work for the present and the future of the area.

The choir of Mullhyttan

The choir of Mullhyttan was formed in 1976. It now has 18 members, aged between 12 and 80.
The choir often sings together with other choirs. Its leader is Sune Yttergren. The repertoire contains
everything between folk songs and religious anthems. The choir has appeared severel times in Storkyrkan, Stockholm, during the Stockholm Water festivals. Last summer the choir sang gospels in Örebro together with Cyndee Peters.

Youth activities

A section of the Association is devoted to youth activities, together with the Sports Club, and supported financially by the Lekeberg local authority. This is appreciated by the young people and their parents alike. They also have indoor activities such as table tennis and billiards.

Blast - furnace model

A group of members of the Associatrion is called "Jerngänget", the Iron Gang. For several years they have spent time on research in connection with the iron works in Mullhyttan. They have also built a model of the iron works in scale 1:100 as it would have looked like in the 1850-ies.
All interested are welcome to contact Åke Widén.