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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 864 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HALMSTAD , a seaport of See also:

Sweden, See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

DISTRICT

district (lan) of Halland, on the E. See also:

SHORE

shore of the See also:

CATTEGAT, or KATTEGAT (Scand. " cat's-throat ")

Cattegat, 76 m. S.S.E. of See also:

GOTHENBURG (Swed. Goteborg)

Gothenburg by the railway to See also:

HELSINGBORG

Helsingborg. Pop. (rgoo), 15,362. It lies at the mouth of the See also:

RIVER

river Nissa, having an inner See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour (15 ft. See also:

DEPTH

depth), 'an See also:

OUTER

outer harbour, and roads giving anchorage (24 to 36 ft.) exposed to S. and N.W. winds. In the neighbourhood there are quarries of See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite, which is exported chiefly to See also:

Germany. Other See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering, See also:

SHIP

ship-See also:

BUILDING

building and See also:

BREWING

brewing, and there are See also:

CLOTH

cloth, jute, See also:

HAT

hat, See also:

wood-pulp and See also:

paper factories. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal exports are granite, See also:

TIMBER

timber and hats; and See also:

BUTTER (Lat. butyrum, Gr. 0obrvpov, apparently connected with $ous, cow, and rvpbs, cheese, but, according to the New English Dictionary, perhaps of Scythian origin)

butter through Helsingborg and Gothenburg. The imports are See also:

COAL

coal, machinery and See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain. Potatoes are largely grown in the district, and the See also:

salmon See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are valuable. The See also:

castle is the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

province. There are both See also:

MINERAL

mineral and See also:

sea-See also:

WATER

water See also:

BATHS

baths in the neighbourhood.

Mention of the See also:

church of Halmstad occurs as See also:

early as 1462, and the fortifications are mentioned first in 1225. The latter were demolished in 1734. There were formerly Dominican and Franciscan monasteries in the town. The See also:

OLDEST

oldest town-privileges date from 1307. During the revolt of the miner Engelbrekt, it twice See also:

fell into the hands of the rebels—in 1434 and 1436. The town appears to have been frequently chosen as the See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the rulers and delegates of the three See also:

NORTHERN

northern kingdoms; and under the See also:

union of See also:

KALMAR (CALMAR)

Kalmar it was appointed to be the place for the See also:

election of a new Scandinavian monarch whenever ,necessary. The lan of Halland formed See also:

PART

part of the territory of See also:

Denmark in Sweden, and accordingly,_in 1534, during his See also:

war with the Danes, Gustavus See also:

VASA, or NIKOLAISTAD

Vasa assaulted and took its chief town. In 166o, by the treaty of See also:

COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, the whole district was ceded to Sweden. In 1676 See also:

Charles XII. defeated near Halmstad a Danish See also:

army which was attempting to retake the district, and since that See also:

time Halland has formed part of Sweden.

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