It got its charter and current name in 1643, granted by Queen Christina, making it one of the now defunct Cities of Sweden.

The mining district Lindesberg was mentioned on the 16th century grand map Carta Marina.

The festival attracted more visitors each year and some of the bands who played were Desmond Dekker, Charged GBH, Bad Manners, Napalm Death and The Perishers.

Due to low number of visitors in 2007, the planning for a 2008 festival began late and did not attract enough people to buy tickets.

The Tormek AB factory is located here, where they produce water-cooled sharpening systems for edged tools, which are exported world-wide.