Halmstad: facts

At a glance

• Country: Sweden
• Region: Halland
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 70,480
• Coordinates: 56.6745° N, 12.8568° E
• Time zone: Europe/Stockholm (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Krona (SEK)
• Distance to the capital, Stockholm: 426 km (265 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Halmstad Airport (HAD): 2.9 km (1.8 mi), straight line
• Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport (AGH): 42 km (26 mi), straight line
• Göteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT): 115 km (72 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Laholm: 21 km (13 mi)
• Bastad: 28 km (17 mi)
• Falkenberg: 34 km (21 mi)
• Hyltebruk: 43 km (27 mi)
• AEngelholm: 48 km (30 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Helsingborg, 71 km (44 mi)