Gimo (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjǐːmʊ])[3] is a small town situated in Östhammar Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 2,765 inhabitants in 2017.

No one knows exactly when the ironworks of Gimo was founded, but the first written records are from 1615 when Hans Sifversson built iron works on behalf of the crown.

Under de Geer's direction, the facility in Gimo was developed into an ironworks with both a blast furnace and hammer.

The de Geer family owned the works until 1756 when it was acquired by the businessmen John Jennings and Robert Finlay.

In the 1940s Wilhelm Haglund became responsible for developing the manufacture of hard metal tools at Sandvikens Jernverks (the equivalent of today's Sandvik).

Today the village is dominated by the hard metal industry in the form of Sandvik Coromant, which employs approximately 1,500 (2019).

[15] There are several sporting facilities in Gimo: ice rink, swimming pool, football pitches, riding school, rooms for martial arts and a ski centre with artificial snow.