Surahammar

Surahammar ( or ) is a locality and the seat of Surahammar Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden, with 6,179 inhabitants in 2010.

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Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.official_name: Surahammar
Settlement.image_skyline: Surahammar, January morning.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Skogslund, Surahammar in January 2009
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Västmanland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Surahammar Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Västmanland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Västmanland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 5.49
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 6,179
Settlement.population_density_km2: 1126
Settlement.timezone: CET

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Official name: Surahammar
Population: 6316
Area: 521
Official website: surahammar.se
Image: Surahammar, January morning.jpg

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Surahammar ( or ) is a locality and the seat of Surahammar Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden, with 6,179 inhabitants in 2010.

== History == During the reign of Gustav Vasa, there was a hammer in Surahammar. However, it is not known when the operation started, but it must have been before the year 1561. In 1637, a hammer with two hearths was erected by Axel Oxenstierna on the site where the current mill is located. In 1866, railway wheels and axles began to be manufactured and have been an important part of production ever since.