Bålsta is a

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and the seat of

Håbo Municipality Håbo Municipality ( sv, Håbo kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bålsta. The municipality was formed in connection with the local government reform of 1952. Localities *Bål ...

Uppsala County Uppsala County ( sv, Uppsala län) is a county or ''län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea. Provi ...

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with 13 138 inhabitants in 2015. Although not in

Stockholm County Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...

, it has

Bålsta Station Bålsta is a locality and the seat of Håbo Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 13 138 inhabitants in 2015. Although not in Stockholm County, it has Bålsta Station, the north-western terminus of the Stockholm suburban rail system. Many in ...

, the north-western terminus of the Stockholm suburban rail system. Many inhabitants commute to

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. The travel time is 40 minutes by suburban train, and less than 30 minutes by commuter-or intercity rail.

Lasse Åberg Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist. Between 1960 and 1964 he studied at the Konstfack department of graphic design. Åberg has produced some of the m ...

, a famous Swedish actor, musician and artist, lives in Bålsta and has opened a museum there. Even though Bålsta's relatively small size, there are many organizations and activity-centers in the town, such as a hockey-arena hosting the team Bålsta HC. It also has a mall with several stores.

Famous people from Bålsta

Martin Björk Martin Mikael Björk, (born 7 November 1971) is a Swedish television presenter. He has hosted shows like ''Fråga Olle'', the Swedish version of '' Temptation Island'' and ''Peking Express'' all on Kanal5. Between 2011 and 2013, he also hosted th ...

, Swedish television presenter *

Daniel Jarl Daniel Jarl (born 13 April 1992) is a Swedish football player who plays as a defender. Jarl made his Allsvenskan debut for Djurgårdens IF on 30 July 2011 starting against Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, ...

, Swedish football player *

Marcus Nilson Marcus Rolf Börje Nilson (born March 1, 1978) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Florida Panthers and Calgary Flames. Playing career Nilson was drafted in the first round, ...

, Swedish professional ice hockey player *

Kim Amb Kim Amb (born 31 July 1990) is a Swedish people, Swedish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. His personal best is 86.49 metre, m, set in 2020. He finished in seventh place at the 2012 European Athletics Championships, 2012 ...

, Swedish professional javelin thrower *

Filip Windlert Filip Windlert (born January 24, 1993) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman. He made his Elitserien debut playing with AIK IF during the 2011–12 Elitserien season The 2011–12 Elitserien season was the 37th season of Elitserien. ...

, Swedish professional Ice hockey player for AIK in HockeyAllsvenskan

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Populated lakeshore places in Sweden Municipal seats of Uppsala County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Uppsala County Populated places in Håbo Municipality {{Uppsala-geo-stub

Famous people from Bålsta

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