Oskarström
Encyclopedia
Oskarström is the second largest locality
in Halmstad Municipality
, Halland County
, Sweden
, with 4,011 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated along the river Nissan about 15 km north-east of Halmstad
.
Oskarström has its name from Oscar Björkman from Gothenburg
, who in 1844 bought land here and erected a sawmill.
Oskarströms BK is a bandy
club.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
in Halmstad Municipality
Halmstad Municipality
Halmstad Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, in which the city Halmstad is the seat....
, Halland County
Halland County
Halland County is a county on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, with 4,011 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated along the river Nissan about 15 km north-east of Halmstad
Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...
.
Oskarström has its name from Oscar Björkman from Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, who in 1844 bought land here and erected a sawmill.
Oskarströms BK is a bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
club.