Balsta

Balsta is a metropolis and town middle in Habo municipality , Uppsala County . Bålsta is located along the highway E18 and Mälarbanan , near the lake Mälaren approximately 50 kilometers south of Uppsala and 5 kilometers north-west of Stockholm . Highway C 545 Old E18 crosses the motel. The southern, and maximum populous part of Balsta lies within Kalmar district and the relaxation in Yttergran's Bålsta was at the beginning a village in Yttergrans parish . The village is first cited in 1316.

The past might be the ancient Swedish male call Bardhe , the survivor is . The finishing -um is due to the fact the call has an archaic case bend and is in dative. During the nineteenth century Balsta have become some thing of a relevant town, with amongst other matters a lodge and between 1858 and 1903 a place for Håbo here. In 1876 Stockholm-Vasteras-Bergslagens Jarnvag opened its direction via Bålsta, which then became a station society. The development of the subsequent a long time went as an alternative slowly. In the 1920s, stores and other businesses grew up inside the place of the station. In 1931, Bålsta had most effective 346 population.