Oskarström

Oskarström is the second largest locality in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 4,157 inhabitants in 2020. It is situated along the Nissan river about 15 km north-east of Halmstad.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Oskarström
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Halmstad Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Halland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Halland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 3.42
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2020
Settlement.population_total: 4,157
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: village
Part of: Halland
Official name: Oskarström
Country: Sweden
Population: 4116
Area: 347
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Nissan
Image: Oskarströms kyrka, 2007.jpg

Show 2 more facts

Commons category: Oskarström
P8168: rendezvous problem

Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~2 min read

Encyclopedic overview

7 sections

Contents

History
Prehistory
Oskarström Municipal Society
Sports
Gallery
References
External links

Oskarström is the second largest locality in Halmstad Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 4,157 inhabitants in 2020. It is situated along the Nissan river about 15 km north-east of Halmstad.

Its name comes from Oscar Björkman from Gothenburg, who in 1844 bought land here and erected a sawmill.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oskarström” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

2 mapped locations

Available in 16 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0