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Halmstad {Link without Title} is a city in Halland in south-western Sweden . The town has a population of 58,000, and is the seat of Halmstad Municipality (''kommun''), that includes the immediate surrounds with 88,000 inhabitants. HISTORY ''translated from '' Halmstad traces its history to the early Middle Ages , sometime around 1000-1100. The name ''Halmstad'' is first mentioned in the ''jordebok'' of Valdemar II Of Denmark in 1231 as a King's mansion. The oldest known Charter is from 1307. At first the city Halmstad was located further from the coast, at a location known as Övraby. During the 1320s it was moved closer to the coastal line. During the Kalmar Union – a Nordic Union between Sweden, Norway and Denmark which lasted between 1400-1520 – it was in Halmstad that the Union King was to be finally selected. Swedish commander Engelbrekt and his troops burnt the city in the 1430s , and the city was also besieged at the start of the Northern Seven Years' War in 1563. Furthermore, the city was burnt to the ground in 1619, with the exception of a stone buildings and the church. The first May Day demonstration in Sweden was held in Halmstad in 1897. NOTABLE NATIVES
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