Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad ) or HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved membership in the Swedish Sports Confederation on 6 March the same year. The club competes in the highest tier of Swedish football, Allsvenskan, and has won four national championship titles and one national cup title. HBK is a member-controlled club.
Charles Teodor Hansson (left) in early uniform and Axel Winberg (right)
Halmstads BK facing RC Lens on Stade Félix-Bollaert in 2005–06 UEFA Cup, Le 12 Lensois and Les Tigers in the background.
Halmstads BK supporters (Kvastarna) in Lens, France, prior to a game against RC Lens in UEFA Cup 2005-06.
Halmstads BK playing Gefle IF in Allsvenskan 2007 on Örjans Vall.
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan river, in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County. The city had a population of 71,422 in 2020, out of a municipal total of over 100,000. Halmstad is Sweden's 19th-largest city by population and located about midway between Gothenburg and Malmö.
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Halmstad Central railway station
