Lindesberg | |
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 Kungsgatan in Lindesberg | |
  Lindesberg  Lindesberg | |
| Coordinates:59°35′N15°15′E / 59.583°N 15.250°E /59.583; 15.250 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Västmanland |
| County | Örebro County |
| Municipality | Lindesberg Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.09 km2 (3.12 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 9,672 |
| • Density | 1,195/km2 (3,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | lindesberg.se |
Lindesberg (Swedish pronunciation:[lɪndɛsˈbærj])[2] is alocality and the seat ofLindesberg Municipality,Örebro County, Sweden with 9,672 inhabitants in 2017.[1]
Lindesberg has centuries old history, being the center of an old mining district. The earliest known traces of a town are in the foundations of the 14th century stone church. That town was however known as Lindesås. It got its charter and current name in 1643, granted byQueen Christina, making it one of the now defunctCities of Sweden. The namelind means thelinden tree (Br. Eng.lime tree), which is why the coat of arms depicts a tree. The mining district Lindesberg was mentioned on the 16th century grand mapCarta Marina.
Between 1996 and 2007, the Augustibullerpunkfestival had been held in Lindesberg. The festival attracted more visitors each year and some of the bands who played wereDesmond Dekker,Charged GBH,Bad Manners,Napalm Death andThe Perishers. Due to low number of visitors in 2007, the planning for a 2008 festival began late and did not attract enough people to buy tickets. This eventually led to cancellation of 2008 festival, and later bankruptcy for the non-profit organization behind the festival. No more festivals were held after 2007.
TheTormek AB factory is located here, where they produce water-cooled sharpening systems for edged tools, which are exported world-wide.
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