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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Hallsberg
|image_skyline          = Hallsbergs tågstation 2.jpg
|image_caption          = [[Hallsberg railway station]]
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Örebro#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = 
|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Sweden]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Hallsberg Municipality]]<br/>and [[Kumla Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Örebro County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Närke]]
|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=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 8.19
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 7,122 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 870
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|59|04|N|15|07|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                = 
}}
'''Hallsberg''' ({{audio|sv-Hallsberg.ogg|<small>pronunciation</small>|help=no}}) is a bimunicipal [[Urban areas in Sweden|locality]] and the seat of [[Hallsberg Municipality]], [[Örebro County]], [[Sweden]] with 7,122 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb /> It is also partly located in [[Kumla Municipality]].

==Overview==
This settlement grew up around a railway junction, and is these days primarily known as a place where you have to change trains. The railway station is oversized for the town's own needs. Hallsberg was declared a ''municipalsamhälle'' (a type of borough within its municipality) in 1883 and got the title of a market town (köping) in 1908. Since 1971 it is instead the seat of the enlarged [[Hallsberg Municipality]].

Hallsberg is famous for its huge [[classification yard]] and for the large [[Hallsberg railway station]]. The reason for this is that [[railway]]s (from practically all [[cardinal direction]]s) to and from [[Stockholm]], [[Gothenburg]], [[Mjölby]], [[Örebro]] and [[Karlstad]] join here. Among the more important is the [[Rail transport in Sweden#Main lines|Västra stambanan]] ("western main line"). As the railways were built, Hallsberg grew up around it.

A sight in the Hallsberg is the Bergööska House, built in the 1880s. It was drawn by the architect [[Ferdinand Boberg]], and contains wall-paintings by [[Carl Larsson]], depicting the Bergöö family and other well-known people of Hallsberg.

The main industries are [[Volvo]], Ahlsell, and enterprises related to the railway industry, like the freight operator [[Hector Rail]]. Sports equipment manufacturer [[Kosa (sports manufacturer)|Kosa]] is also situated here.

Hallsberg has three [[Hallsberg Municipality#Twin towns|twin towns]].

[[Sven Wingquist]], co-founder of [[SKF]] in 1907, was born in Hallsberg on December 10, 1876.

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[[Category:Populated places in Hallsberg Municipality]]
[[Category:Populated places in Kumla Municipality]]
[[Category:Municipal seats of Örebro County]]
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