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HALMSTAD , a seaport of Sweden, chief
district
industries
wood
paper factories. The principal exports are granite, timber and hats; and butter through Helsingborg and Gothenburg. The imports are coal, machinery and grain. Potatoes are largely grown in the district
governor of the province. There are both mineral
Mention of the church of Halmstad occurs as 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 oldest town-privileges date from 1307. During the revolt of the miner Engelbrekt, it twice fell into the hands of the rebelsin 1434 and 1436. The town appears to have been frequently chosen as the meeting-place of the rulers and delegates of the three northern kingdoms; and under the union of Kalmar it was appointed to be the place for the election of a new Scandinavian monarch whenever ,necessary. The lan of Halland formed part of the territory of Denmark in Sweden, and accordingly,_in 1534, during his war with the Danes, Gustavus Vasa assaulted and took its chief
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