Hallsberg () is a bimunicipal

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and the seat of

Hallsberg Municipality Hallsberg Municipality (''Hallsbergs kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hallsberg. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (''köping'') of Hallsberg was ...

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with 7,122 inhabitants in 2010. It is also partly located in Kumla Municipality.

Overview

This settlement grew up around a railway junction, and is these days primarily known as a place where you have to change trains. The railway station is oversized for the town's own needs. Hallsberg was declared a ''municipalsamhälle'' (a type of borough within its municipality) in 1883 and got the title of a market town (köping) in 1908. Since 1971 it is instead the seat of the enlarged

. Hallsberg is famous for its huge

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and for the large

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. The reason for this is that

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s (from practically all

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s) to and from

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, Mjölby,

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and

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join here. Among the more important is the Västra stambanan ("western main line"). As the railways were built, Hallsberg grew up around it. A sight in the Hallsberg is the Bergööska House, built in the 1880s. It was drawn by the architect

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, and contains wall-paintings by

Carl Larsson Carl Olof Larsson (; 28 May 1853 – 22 January 1919) was a Swedish painter representative of the Arts and Crafts movement. His many paintings include oils, watercolors, and frescoes. He is principally known for his watercolors of idyllic fa ...

, depicting the Bergöö family and other well-known people of Hallsberg. The main industries are

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, Ahlsell, and enterprises related to the railway industry. Sports equipment manufacturer Kosa is also situated here. Hallsberg has three twin towns. Sven Wingquist, co-founder of SKF in 1907, was born in Hallsberg on December 10, 1876.

References

Populated places in Örebro County Populated places in Hallsberg Municipality Populated places in Kumla Municipality Municipal seats of Örebro County Swedish municipal seats {{Örebro-geo-stub