The parish of Fellingsbro is mentioned already in 1331 as
Parochia Fælansbro, but the first parish church was probably built already in the 12th century. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries many small
ironworks were built at the rivers that are running from north to south in the parish. The main product at these
ironworks were
bar iron. Most of the people were employed in this small scale iron industry and in the rather extensive farming up until the late 19th century when most of the
ironworks were closed. Some of the
ironworks were then transformed into
paper mills. In 1857 a railroad between
Örebro and
Arboga was built and a station in Fellingsbro was opened some kilometres east of the parish church. A new
urban area with shops and small mechanical industries soon grew up around this
railroad station. This
urban area was called Fellingsbro after the name of the parish. It became a
municipality of its own in 1911, but was again united with the rest of the parish in 1957 and in 1971 Fellingsbro Municipality was incorporated into
Lindesberg Municipality. Fellingsbro
folkhögskola was established in 1915, but was rebuilt in 1976 after a fire burned down the original building. Notable natives of Fellingsbro include the textile artist
Märtha Gahn.
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