Älmhult Municipality () is a

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in central

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in southern

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. The town of Älmhult is its seat. In 1901, Älmhult was detached from ''Stenbrohult'' and made a market town ('' köping''). The present municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when Älmhult was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities. Of historical significance is that the

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Carl von Linné was born and grew up in the parish of Stenbrohult in the early 18th century. Today, the estate on which he was born and lived his first months has been turned into a museum at Råshult and is still surrounded by the same meadows and fields as 300 years ago. Allegedly, the area has a variety of different specimens of plants, likely to trigger the interest of a botanical minded youngster. The geography is probably not distinguished from its neighbouring municipalities, however. Like all other

Småland Småland () is a historical Provinces of Sweden, province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name ''Småland'' literally means "small la ...

municipalities, it contains a variety of lakes, streams and especially forests. The first

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store was opened in Älmhult by

Ingvar Kamprad Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish billionaire who founded IKEA in 1943 and grew into a multinational retail company that became the world's largest furniture seller in 2008. He moved to Switzerland w ...

, who grew up in the municipality.

Localities

There are 5

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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Älmhult Municipality. In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2014.Älmhult Kommun Fakta och statistik
/ref> The municipal seat is in bold characters.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Älmhult Municipality's electoral districts in the

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 17,950 residents, including 12,132 Swedish citizens of voting age. 45.3% voted for the left coalition and 53.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Notable natives

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

References

Statistics Sweden

External links

Älmhult Municipality
- Official site
Älmhult.com
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