Oskarström is the second largest
locality
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in
Halmstad Municipality
Halmstad Municipality (''Halmstads kommun'') is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, in which the city Halmstad is the seat.
The 1971 local government reform was implemented gradually in the area. In 1967 the rural municip ...
,
Halland County
Halland County ( sv, Hallands län, link=no, ) is a county (''län'') on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad.
It borders the counties of Västra Götal ...
,
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
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes (dimensi ...
.
History
Prehistory
During the
Iron Age
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farming was the main occupation. As evidence of this, there are
village grave fields with
Iron Age dolmen, a stone circle and a
trident
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The trident is the weapon of Poseidon, or Neptune, the God of the Sea in classical mythology. The trident may occasionally be held by other mari ...
. The villages Mared and Espered were probably founded in the early
Middle Ages
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and were approximately equal until the mid-1880s. During the
Nordic Seven Years' War
The Northern Seven Years' War (also known as the ''Nordic Seven Years' War'', the ''First Northern War'' or the ''Seven Years War in Scandinavia'') was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck, and Pola ...
(1563-1570) the Swedes, led by commander
Charles de Mornay
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Charles de Mornay was a French nobleman and Huguenot Calvinist. He served in the French ...
, fought against the forces of Danish King
Frederick II at the
Battle of Mared
Battle of Mared (''Slaget vid Mared'') was a battle during the Nordic Seven Years' War between the Swedish and Danish forces on 9 November 1563. The battle was held on the site of present-day locality Oskarström in Sweden.
After the outbre ...
, where the present Oskarström is now located. In memory of this the Halland Museum Association erected a memorial stone in 1923.
Oskarström Municipal Society
In 1885, Oscarström was purchased by Isaac Andrew and Carl Wilhelm Wallberg. They established a hat factory in 1886. In 1888 the factory moved to Wallenberg AB in Halmstad.
In 1890, the Oskar Ströms Jutefabrik started. This was the foundation of the modern village. On January 27, 1905, Oskarström Municipal Society was founded on both sides of the border, between the parishes of Enslöv and Slättåkra. As of May 15, 1936 the town's name was spelled Oskarström. In 1947 it was separated from Enslöv and Slättåkra municipalities and formed Oskarström
market town
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, Halland's first and only market town. The