Dating back to the 13th century, the community originated and grew alongside the

river. Halmstad was an important city, with an important port, and the largest on the

West Coast during the Middle Ages.

The area around the river has been always an important place for the trade.

From XIX century all the area has been also full of industries. The trade sailboats

have been sailing around the Nissan for long time making Halmstad one of the best

interesting and important trade centre a cause of that it is close to important cities

like Göteborg, Malmö and Copenhagen.