Hallefors

	Hallefors
	Hallefors
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Örebro län
Historical Province (landskap):	Vastmanland
Municipality :	Hallefors
Coordinates :	59 ° 47 ' N , 14 ° 32' E Coordinates: 59 ° 47 ' N , 14 ° 32' E
SCB code :	5996
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	4449 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	5.34 km²
Population density :	833 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	712 30-712 93
	List of perpetrators in Örebro County

Hällefors is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province County Örebro and the historical province Västmanland . It is also the capital of the municipality of the same name .

The name of the place first appeared in 1643 as a name for a silver mine ( Hellefårs Sillfwerbruk ), which existed from 1639 until the 19th century.

Hallsfors is on the Kil – Ställdalen railway line .

"Guds Hand" (God's hand) - sculpture by Carl Miller (1954) in Millesparken Hällefors

"Tre fåvitska jungfrur" (Three vain virgins) - sculpture by Eric Grate (1955) in Mästarnas Park Hällefors

Worth seeing

To the south of the town center lies Millesparken, a sculpture and residential park with 18 sculptures by Carl Milles (1875–1955), the largest collection outside of Stockholm. Carl Milles is one of the most important Swedish sculptors.

To the west of the town center is the Mästarnas Park with sculptures by 11 artists such as B. Johan Peter Molin (1814–1873) and Eric Grate (1896–1983).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
^ Mats Wahlberg (Red.): Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI), Uppsala, 2003, ISBN 91-7229-020-X , p. 141.

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

[2] Mats Wahlberg (Red.): Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI), Uppsala, 2003, ISBN 91-7229-020-X , p. 141.