BORAS

town, Vstra Gtaland ln (county), southwestern Sweden, on the Viskan River east of Gteborg. It was founded in 1622 by King Gustav II Adolf. Bors is Sweden's leading textile centre, with cotton and woollen mills, dye works, hosiery factories, and weaving colleges. It is also the main centre for ready-made clothing and for mail order firms. In the western part of town is an open-air museum, the buildings of which include the wooden Kinnarumma Church and old peasant houses. Pop. (1990) mun., 101,686; (1996 est.) mun., 96,246.