Gnosjö is a
locality
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and the seat of
Gnosjö Municipality
Gnosjö Municipality (''Gnosjö kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Gnosjö is seat.
The Swedish local government reform of 1952 formed this municipality out if five former entities, and it has not ...
,
Jönköping County
Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in Sept ...
,
Sweden with 4,326 inhabitants in 2010,
out of a municipal total of 9,600. In business management, Gnosjö is known for the
Gnosjö Spirit[Karlsson, C ., Larsson, J. (1993),]
A macro view of the Gnosjo entrepreneurial spirit
, ''Entrepreneurship & Regional Development'', Vol. 5 No. 2, pp. 117-140 ( sv, Gnosjöandan).
Notable people
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Uno Svenningsson
Uno Svenningsson (born 1 July 1959 in Hagelstorp, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has been active in music since the late 1970s.
He was the singer in the pop group " Freda'" in the early 1980s and early 1990s, and ...
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Maria Larsson
Ingrid Maria Larsson (born 20 January 1956 in Långasjö) is Swedish politician of the Christian Democrats who has been Governor of Örebro County since May 2015, appointed by the cabinet of Stefan Löfven. She previously served as Minister ...
* Stefan Kardebratt, keyboard player in
Flamingokvintetten
Flamingokvintetten is a Swedish dansband formed in Partille in 1960. The group consists of Hasse Carlsson (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Dennis Janebrink (bass guitar), Stefan Kardebratt (keyboards), Douglas Möller (lead guitar) and Ulf Ge ...
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Bengt Erlandsson
High Chaparral is a Wild West theme park and post-industrial museum of cultural artifacts and collectibles, located close to Värnamo, Sweden. It opened in 1966 and was founded by Bengt Erlandsson, more commonly known as "Big Bengt".
The park is l ...
- Founder of wild West theme park
High Chaparral
High Chaparral (1 March 1999 – 21 December 2014) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from September 2001 to October 2003, he ran 13 times and won 10 races. His win in the Racing Post Trophy made him on ...
See also
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Gnosjö region
The Gnosjö region (Swedish: ''Gnosjöregionen'') consists of the four municipalities of Sweden Gislaved, Gnosjö, Vaggeryd and Värnamo in Jönköping County
Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern ...
References
Populated places in Jönköping County
Municipal seats of Jönköping County
Swedish municipal seats
Finnveden
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