Korså bruk, Working life museum in Falun Municipality, Sweden

Korså bruk is a former ironworks by Lake Hinsen in Falun Municipality, now cared for as an industrial heritage site. The old works setting remains, with the schoolhouse, mission house, company store and former smithy ranges still standing. A museum on the site covers the ironworks history.

Stora Kopparbergs Bergslag received permission in 1838 to build an ironworks on the Korsån stream, and Carl Henric Örtengren, a 23-year-old bookkeeper from Svartnäs bruk, was sent to construct it in the wilderness. Production began in 1841, processing pig iron from Åg, and in 1847 the Lancashire forging method was introduced with good results. The works peaked in the 1880s and 1890s, producing up to 2,600 tonnes of bar iron and over 3,000 tonnes of smelted iron annually, with nearly 400 residents. Production ceased in 1930 when Stora Kopparberg concentrated ironmaking at Domnarvets järnverk in Borlänge.

Korså's name comes from the small Korsån river that drains Lake Hinsen. The ironworks had its own orchestra, dance floor, trade association, mission society and temperance society, and because of the long distances it also had its own cemetery, beautifully set by Lake Lilla Logärden. Today the old schoolhouse, mission house and works shop remain.

Korså bruk lies by Lake Hinsen in Falun Municipality, reached by road from Falun. The old works buildings, schoolhouse, mission house and forge cottages stand close together and are explored on foot. Two swimming and fishing spots by the lake have barbecue facilities, and several hiking trails start nearby. Summer café service is at Korså herrgård.

The wolf pack in the surrounding forests is known as the Korsåreviret and numbers almost ten animals. The old works also had its own burial ground, laid out because of the long distances, beside the small lake Lilla Logärden.