Strömsholm

Place in Västmanland, Sweden

59°31′N 16°14′E / 59.517°N 16.233°E / 59.517; 16.233CountrySwedenProvinceVästmanlandCountyVästmanland CountyMunicipalityHallstahammar MunicipalityArea

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• Total1.29 km² (0.50 sq mi)Population

(31 December 2010)^[1]

• Total664 • Density515/km² (1,330/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Strömsholm (Swedish pronunciation: [strœmsˈhɔlm])^[2] is a locality situated, in the vicinity of Herrskogen, in Hallstahammar Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden with 664 inhabitants in 2010.^[1]

In Strömsholm is Strömsholm Palace, and from 1621 Strömsholm was a center of military horse training to supply the Swedish Army with horses. Since 1968 Strömsholm is home of civil horse training only. Strömsholm Canal starts in Strömsholm.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 23.