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Halmstad received its first charter in 1307, which
makes the city almost 700 years old. The oldest remains of that
first town are to be found at "Övraby" upstream on the River Nissan,
quite close to the regiment buildings. The reamins of the church can
still be seen today.
In the 1320's the town moved to the present day town centre. At this
time there were two monasteries in the town and during the 15th
century the St. Nikolai church was built. Battles rage between the
Swedes and the Danes. Halland is a real border county.
At the end of the 16th century, Christian IV ordered the
fortification of Halmstad and in the beginning of the 17th century
built a crescent with the Nissan as part of the defences.
1619 is an important date in the history of Halmstad. In March of
that year, King Gustav Adolf II of Sweden and Christian IV met at
the castle. Over a period of a week they celebrated the payment in
full of the "Älvsborg ransom". August of the same year saw the
destruction of Halmstad by fire.
Peace was declared roughly 25 years later and Halland became Swedish
which it hadn't been for 300 years. Halland finally became Swedish
when peace was declared at Roskilde in 1658 and Danish rule was
broken. However, uncertain times still continued until the battle of
"Fyllebro" in 1676, which lies just outside Halmstad, where the
Swedes convincingly beat the Danes.
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