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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Fagersta
|image_skyline          = Tåg gör uppehåll vid Fagersta C.jpg
|image_caption          = Fagersta railway station
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Västmanland#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = 
|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Sweden]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Fagersta Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Västmanland County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Västmanland]]
|established_title      = Founded
|established_date       = 1944
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=2012-01-27 |url-status=dead |access-date=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 9.47
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 11,130 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 1175
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|60|00|15|N|15|47|36|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m            = 102
|postal_code_type       = Postal code
|postal_code            = 737 xx
|area_code              = (+46) 223
|website                = {{official_website|www.fagersta.se}}
}}

'''Fagersta''' is a [[urban areas of Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Fagersta Municipality]] in [[Västmanland County]], [[Sweden]], with 11,130 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

== Geography ==
The city is located at the junction of two railways between [[Ludvika]]-[[Västerås]] and [[Avesta Municipality|Avesta]] (Krylbo)-[[Örebro]], in the heart of the historic [[Bergslagen]] region which is rich in [[copper]] and [[iron]] ore. The [[60th parallel north]] passes through the town. 

== History ==
There has been mining activity in the Fagersta area since the 15th century but it was not organized until the 17th century and was not made a corporation until 1873, when [[Fagersta Bruks AB]] was founded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/K/kommun/19/82/roster.html|title = Allmänna val 17 september 2006}}</ref>

Fagersta was made a city in 1944 when the industrial hot spot of Fagersta merged with its service-oriented neighbour [[Västanfors]]. It is now the seat of Fagersta Municipality.  The [[Fagersta airspace surveillance tower]] is a [[Second World War]] observation platform located to protect a nearby steel mill.

== Industry ==
Today's industry is focused on hard metal tools ([[Seco Tools AB]] and [[Atlas Copco Secoroc AB]]) and stainless steel products ([[Fagersta Stainless AB]] and [[OUTOKUMPU Stainless Tubular Products AB]]).

== Notable natives ==
*[[Ulf Samuelsson]], ice hockey player ([[NHL]])
*[[Tomas Sandström]], ice hockey player ([[NHL]])
*[[The Hives]], garage rock band
*[[59 Times the Pain]], garage rock band
*[[Johan August Brinell]], metallurgist and inventor of the [[Brinell hardness test]] at the Fagersta Iron and Steel Works in 1900
*[[Kjell Ramstedt]], drummer for punk rock band [[No Fun at All]]

== References ==

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{{Västmanland County}}

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[[Category:Municipal seats of Västmanland County]]
[[Category:Swedish municipal seats]]
[[Category:Populated places in Fagersta Municipality]]


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