The world's largest – a 10 daler plate – is exhibited in the Avesta Myntmuseum, and weighs 19.4 kilograms (43 lb).

Occasionally, individuals from this and other Swedish animal parks are relocated to the reserve herds in Poland and Romania to widen their DNA pool.

The city's largest industry is its steel mill, today owned by the Finnish company Outokumpu Oyj.

Iron production started here in the 16th century, was industrialized in the 17th, but was surpassed by the copper-plate-producing Swedish Mint factory from 1644.

The results of the Sweden Democrats from 1988 to 1998 were not published by the SCB at a municipal level due to the party's small size nationally at the time.