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Falun Mine
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<p>Falun Mine was a mine in <a href="/facts/Falun/jIRL94aE">Falun</a>, <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a>, that operated for a <a href="/facts/Millennium/8cwS2oUW">millennium</a> from the 10th century to 1992. It produced as much as two-thirds of Europe's <a href="/facts/Copper/I8PEE8oX">copper</a> needs and helped fund many of <a href="/facts/List_of_wars_involving_Sweden/Eu1ygYAX">Sweden's wars in the 17th century</a>. Technological developments at the mine had a profound influence on mining globally for two centuries. The mine is now a museum and in 2001 was designated a <a href="/facts/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site/6AbWWKV4">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>. </p>