Grangärde, what type of community

[CPeterson]

My ancestors lived in Grangärde on the Lågånset farm before emigrating to the USA in the 1880s.  Is the community all farming or is there industry and towns or villages there also.  Is there any mining in that area?  Many of my ancestors worked in the iron ore mines here in Michigan, USA after they came here from Sweden.

[Torsten Berglund]

There were several minings and ironworks in that area. Ludvika, a village with a big ironwork which earlier belonged to Grangärde parish, expanded from village to town in the beginning of the 20th century and there were also a sawmill industry and the ASEA industries.
 
The name on the village that your ancestor came from in Grangärde is Lågnäset.