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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Surahammar
|image_skyline          = Surahammar, January morning.jpg
|image_caption          = [[Skogslund]], Surahammar in January 2009
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Västmanland#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = 
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = Sweden
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Surahammar Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Västmanland County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Västmanland]]
|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=Swedish |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         = 5.49
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   =<ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 6,179 <!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 1126
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|59|43|N|16|13|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website                = 
}}
'''Surahammar''' ({{IPA|sv|sɵraˈhâmːar}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0027.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=23}}</ref> <small>or</small> {{IPA|sv|ˈsʉ̂ːraˌhamːar||sv-Surahammar.ogg}}) is a locality and the seat of [[Surahammar Municipality]] in [[Västmanland County]], Sweden, with 6,179 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

== History ==
During the reign of [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]], there was a hammer{{Clarification needed|reason=Likely a mistranslation|date=September 2023}} in Surahammar. However, it is not known when the operation started, but it must have been before the year 1561.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Seland |first=Bjørg |date=15 December 2021 |title=Morten Hammerborg: Bergenseren. En historisk analyseMortenHammerborgBergenseren. En historisk analyseUniversitetsforlaget, Oslo 2020, 216 s. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-2944-2021-04-12 |journal=Historisk Tidsskrift |volume=100 |issue=4 |pages=383–386 |doi=10.18261/issn.1504-2944-2021-04-12 |s2cid=245251999 |issn=0018-263X|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2023}} In 1637, a hammer with two hearths was erected by [[Axel Oxenstierna]] on the site where the current mill is located. In 1866, railway wheels and axles began to be manufactured and have been an important part of production ever since.

Towards the end of the 19th century, the sale of railway material declined. The mill's subsidiary [[Vabis|Vagnfabriks-Aktiebolaget in Södertälge]] (Vabis) was therefore looking for new products to sell. The newly hired engineer Gustaf Erikson was sent on a study trip to Europe and back in Surahammar he built Sweden's first [[internal combustion engine]] car, which was his own construction with a [[kerosene]] engine.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gårdlund |first1=Torsten |last2=Gardlund |first2=Torsten |year=1941 |title=Om den tidiga svenska träförädlingsindustrin |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3438174 |journal=Ekonomisk Tidskrift |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=309 |doi=10.2307/3438174 |jstor=3438174 |issn=0284-7310|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Vabi's first car hit the market in 1901.

== Culture and sights ==
Hembygdsgården contains historic buildings with objects, serving all year round at events.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Nelson |first1=Kenneth |last2=Lindh |first2=Arvid |date=4 April 2019 |title=Sociologisk forsknings nya hemsida och Sociologidagarna 2020 |journal=Sociologisk Forskning |volume=56 |issue=1 |pages=79–80 |doi=10.37062/sf.56.19510 |issn=2002-066X|doi-access=free }}</ref>

The stone house is used for art exhibitions and is also the start and finish of the 2.5&nbsp;km "historical walk" with information boards with unique historical images.<ref name=":1" />

The Golden Wheel MC Museum contains, in addition to motorcycles and bicycles, a drivable replica of Sweden's first car, Gustaf Eriksson's carriage from 1897. The museum building has unique murals. Surahammar's mills museum shows the production chain from pig iron to railway wheels.

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