Jönköping (, ) is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

in southern

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake,

Vättern Vättern ( , ) is the second-largest lake in Sweden, after Vänern, and the sixth-largest lake in Europe. It is a long, finger-shaped body of fresh water in south central Sweden, to the southeast of Vänern, pointing at the tip of Scandinavia. ...

, in the province of

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 ...

. The city is the seat of

Jönköping Municipality Jönköping Municipality () is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The city of Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern. Historical background The area of the present ...

, which has a population of 144,699 (2022) and is Småland's most populous municipality. Jönköping is also the seat of

Jönköping County Jönköping County () 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 September 2017. The capita ...

which has a population of 367,064 (2022). Jönköping is the seat of a district court and a court of appeal as well as the

Swedish National Courts Administration The Swedish National Courts Administration (SNCA) () is a Swedish administrative authority organized under the Ministry of Justice for administration of courts. It functions as a service organisation for the Swedish courts, including the gener ...

. It is also the seat of the

Swedish Board of Agriculture The Swedish Board of Agriculture (, commonly known as ''Jordbruksverket'') is a Government agency in Sweden that answers to the Ministry of Agriculture. The agency headquarters is located in Jönköping. It is responsible for agriculture, hor ...

County government

The Jönköping municipality has its headquarters in a place called . is an important component of the function of the municipality as it works as a state office for different departments of and in Jönköping. is dependent on the municipality but is its own entity, the head of the has political power but is not the head of the Jönköping state. The head of the Jönköping state is called the which has all the municipal power but sometimes doesn't make the decisions; these are handed down to other departments or the . The departments that are inherent to the office are not limited to but are shortly known as: ; The political governance : This department has a municipal board that is responsible for the state office's official activities. ; The administrative department : The administrative department is responsible for office operations, city archives, legal functions, the office of the guardianship board, data protection (GDPR), and information security. ; The analysis and sustainability department : The analysis and sustainability department is responsible for sustainability issues, international collaboration, consumer advice, energy, and climate advice, as well as statistics and investigations. ; The state economics department : The state economics department is the solely responsible force regarding the official spending of the municipality's funds. ; The finance and company departments : The finance and company department is responsible for the municipality's and the municipal companies' financial management and administers "Jönköpings Rådhus AB" and manages the municipality's donation funds. ; The HR department : This department is responsible for personnel issues, work environment, negotiations, as well as managerial and personnel development and acts as a development and service body for the municipal administrations. ; The IT department : Responsible for and coordinates the municipality's IT operations and telephony. The department works closely with the municipal administrations and provides the operation and development of systems, services, and products. This is also offered to municipal companies. In case of problems, questions, or need for help, the IT department supports the administrations and the municipal companies. ; The communication department : Responsible for the municipality's overall internal and external communication. The municipality's overall communication channels, graphic profile, and press issues are also within the department's area of responsibility. The Communications Department works in close cooperation with the municipal administrations and supports them in their communication work. The department also includes the municipality's Contact Center. The contact center is the public's first contact with the municipality for general questions and information. ; The business department : The department works to create conditions for the development and expansion of the existing business community and to stimulate and facilitate new establishments. ; The Procurement Department : Responsible for the municipality's procurement activities and coordination of procurements. The department also conducts procurements in collaboration with Habo and Mullsjö municipalities as well as Rådhus AB and its subsidiaries.

History

Jönköping is an old trading centre (''

Köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word '' kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munic ...

'') situated at a natural crossroads for routes following the rivers

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and Lagan, and the road connecting the provinces of

Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...

and

Västergötland Västergötland (), also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden. Vä ...

, a result of the town's geographical position at the southern end of lake Vättern, which divides the two provinces. On 18 May 1284 Jönköping became the first

City in Sweden (Swedish: ; plural ) is a Swedish term that historically was used for urban centers of various sizes. Since 1971, has no administrative or legal significance in Sweden. History The status of towns in Sweden was formerly granted by a royal ch ...

to be granted its rights by king

Magnus Ladulås Magnus Ladulås (, ) or Magnus Birgersson ( 1240 – 18 December 1290) was King of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290. He was a son of Birger Jarl, and became a king after a rebellion against his brother Valdemar, King of Sweden ...

, who ruled mostly from Vättern's largest island

Visingsö Visingsö is an island in the southern half of Lake Vättern in Sweden. Visingsö lies north of the city Jönköping and west of Gränna from which two car ferries connect the island. The island is long and wide, with a total area of . A ...

. The first part of the city's name, "Jön", is derived from a creek, "Junebäcken", in Talavid, in what is now the western part of the city. The second part of the name "köping", is, as mentioned above, an old word for a trading centre or market place. The geographical position of the city also left it vulnerable to attack via the river routes that led south, mainly from

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. At that time the provinces of what is today southern Sweden –

Scania Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...

Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Skåne, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Br ...

and

Blekinge Blekinge () is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second-smallest provin ...

– belonged to Denmark. The city was plundered and burned several times until it was fortified during the 16th and 17th centuries. Jönköping was known for its

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stick industry between 1845 and 1970. The phosphorus match was invented in 1831, and these matches became very popular because one could strike it against any surface to ignite it. However, the problem was that they ignited too easily, caused a lot of accidents and were toxic. In 1844, Swedish professor Gustav Erik Pasch patented a new invention, "Safety matches – Strike against the box only". To prevent the matches from igniting so easily, Gustav Erik Pasch separated the chemicals in the match head and placed the phosphorus on a separate surface on the outside of the box for striking ignition. Johan Edvard and Carl Frans Lundström took Pasch's patent and improved it. Later, they manufactured their new Safety matches in their factory in Jönköping. Today, the Match Museum is located in Jönköping's first match factory.

Present

The urban area of Jönköping today includes the eastern industrial town of

Huskvarna Huskvarna (; formerly spelled ''Husqvarna'') constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, a city in the Swedish province of Småland, and has a population of about 24,000. The distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km. The name Huskv ...

, with which it has grown together.

Elmia Elmia Exhibition and Convention Centre is a trade fair in Jönköping, Sweden. The building was built in 1961 for agriculture trade fairs. Later it was expanded to also hold other trade fairs like boat and auto shows. The building has 34,000 squa ...

, a major trade fair and exhibition centre, is situated in Jönköping. Elmia Wood is the world's largest forestry fair, and fairs for subcontractors, trucks, caravans and railways are the biggest of their kind in Europe. Since 2001, Elmia has been the site of the world's largest

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, with two events every year, Dreamhack Summer and Dreamhack Winter. The city is an important Nordic logistical center, with many companies' central warehouses (such as Elgiganten,

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and Husqvarna) situated there. Jönköping has one of the highest hotel and restaurant densities in Sweden. In late 2019, Jönköping was seen as the city with best future prospects in Sweden by WSP.

Demography

Population

As of 2018, Jönköping has a total population of 139,222.

Population changes

Average age 2019

Notable people

Swedish author Viktor rydberg with signature

Johan Björnsson Printz Johan Björnsson Printz (July 20, 1592 – May 3, 1663) was a Swedish military officer who was the 3rd governor of New Sweden, the Swedish colonization of the Americas, Swedish colony in North America, from 1643 until 1653. Early life in Sweden ...

(1592–1663), governor of the Swedish colony of

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Carl Peter Thunberg Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Sweden, Swedish Natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus ...

(1743–1828), botanist * Aurore Storckenfeldt (1816–1900), educator * Swante M. Swenson (1816–1896), founder of the SMS ranches in Texas *

Viktor Rydberg Abraham Viktor Rydberg (; 18 December 182821 September 1895) was a Swedish writer and a member of the Swedish Academy, 1877–1895. "Primarily a classical idealist", Viktor Rydberg has been described as "Sweden's last Romantic" and by 1859 wa ...

(1828–1895), author * Carl Lotave (1872–1924), artist, portrait painter * John Bauer (1882–1918), illustrator, painter *

Bernhard Karlgren Klas Bernhard Johannes Karlgren (; 15 October 1889 – 20 October 1978) was a Swedish sinologist and linguist who pioneered the study of Chinese historical phonology using modern comparative methods. In the early 20th century, Karlgren conduct ...

(1889–1978), sinologist and linguist *

Dag Hammarskjöld Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (English: ,; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second secretary-general of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in Septe ...

(1905–1961), former United Nations Secretary-General * Martin Allwood (1916–1999), educator, writer, sociologist, translator, professor *

Per G. Malm Per Gösta Malm (12 September 1948 – 26 July 2016) was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2010 until his death. Malm was the first general authority who was a resident of Sweden at the tim ...

(1948–2016), leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Carl Henrik Fredriksson (born 1965), editor-in-chief and co-founder of ''

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'' * Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947), author and film director * Kenneth Breslauer (born 1947), chemist and chemical biologist * Jacob Karlzon (born 1970) *

Fredrik Neij Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij (born 27 April 1978), alias TiAMO, is the co-founder of The Pirate Bay, and the Swedish Internet service provider and web hosting company PRQ. Neij was one of the defendants in The Pirate Bay trial which began on 16 Fe ...

(born 1978), founder of The Pirate Bay BitTorrent-tracker * David F. Sandberg (born 1981), film director *

Mona Johannesson Mona Johannesson (born September 18, 1987, in Huskvarna, Sweden) is a Swedish model. In Sweden, she is considered to be one of the top models in the country. Johannesson was discovered at the age of 14 by an IMG Models scout while she was at a ...

(born 1987), model

Music

Agnetha Fältskog Agneta Åse "Agnetha" Fältskog (; born 5 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and a former member of the pop group ABBA. She first achieved success in Sweden with the release of her 1968 Agnetha Fältskog (album), self-titled debut alb ...

(born 1950), singer/songwriter and member of

ABBA ABBA ( ) were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, and are one of the List ...

Nina Persson Nina Elisabet Persson (; born 6 September 1974) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish rock band The Cardigans. She also has worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and one under her own name, and has appeared as a guest ...

(born 1974), vocalist with

The Cardigans The Cardigans are a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden in 1992. The main lineup of the band consisted of guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead sing ...

Amy Diamond Amy Linnéa Deasismont (born 15 April 1992), previously known under the stage name Amy Diamond, is a Swedish actress, screenwriter, director, and singer. She is known for her single " What's in It for Me". The song was a 2005 hit in Sweden, Den ...

(born 1992), singer * The Motorhomes (formed in 1997), rock band * The Mary Onettes (formed in 2000), indie rock band * I'm from Barcelona (formed in 2005), 29-piece indie pop band *

Aril Brikha Aril Brikha (1976) is an Assyrian techno musician, recognized globally for his contributions to the genre. After relocating to Sweden, he gained further recognition when he was nominated for Best Dance Album at the Swedish National Radio Gold ...

(born 1976), techno musician *Olle Widestrand (1932–2018), pianist–composer

Sport

Gunhild Larking Gunhild Maria Larking (born 13 January 1936) is a retired Swedish high jumper. Biography She competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1954 European Athletics Championships and 1956 Summer Olympics and placed ninth in 1952 and fourth in 1954 and ...

(born 1936), high jumper *

Göran Kropp Lars Olof Göran Kropp (11 December 1966 – 30 September 2002) was a Swedish mountaineer, the first Scandinavian to climb Mount Everest without oxygen. He made a solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sherpa support on ...

(1966–2002), mountaineer * Anders Gustafsson (born 1979), Olympic kayaker * Sofia Paldanius (born 1979), Olympic kayaker *

Stefan Liv Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv (born Patryk Śliż; 21 December 1980 – 7 September 2011) was a Polish-born Swedish professional ice hockey player who played as a goaltender. Liv played professionally in Sweden, North America and Russia. Liv played n ...

(1980–2011), Olympic ice hockey goaltender

Art

Jönköpings läns museum

Education

High schools

*Bäckadalsgymnasiet * Erik Dahlbergsgymnasiet * Per Brahegymnasiet * Sandagymnasiet * Thoren Business School * LBS: High School of Creativity

Tertiary education

* Jönköping University Foundation *

Södra Vätterbygdens Folkhögskola Södra Vätterbygdens Folkhögskola (SVF) is a folk high school located in the town Jönköping, Sweden. In total it has around 300 students. The school offers a number of study programs in different fields: bible, journalism, graphic design and ...

* The Institute for Postgraduate Dental Education

Climate

Between 1961 and 1990, Jönköping's climate was

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(

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''Dfb'') with long, cold winters and short, warm summers. However, the window between subarctic and

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is very small in this marine-influenced climate type, and in recent years the climate has more resembled very cold oceanic. Figures are slightly skewed because the weather station is at the airport, which is at an elevation of ; the city centre is at . Temperatures in the urban centre are likely milder, with a difference between half a degree and a full degree.

Sport

HV71 HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League ...

, men's

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team currently playing in the SHL. * HV71 Dam, women's

team in the

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Jönköpings IK Jönköpings IK is a floorball club in Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, ...

(JIK),

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team who has played several season in the men's Swedish Super League. *

Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, or J-Södra, is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish second division Superettan in 2018 after relegation from the 2017 Allsvenskan. J ...

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team in

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(second-tier league of Sweden). *

Husqvarna FF Husqvarna FF is a football club in Huskvarna, Sweden. The team is sponsored by the Husqvarna AB. History Husqvarna FF was founded on 3 February 1987 following the merger of the men's association football sections of Husqvarna IF and Huskvarna S ...

team in Division 1 (third-tier league of Sweden). * IK Tord,

team in Division 2 Västra Götaland (fourth tier league of Sweden). * Jönköping Bandy IF,

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team in

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(second-tier league of Sweden). *

Jönköpings SS Jönköpings Simsällskap, commonly known as Jönköpings SS, is a Swedish swimming club based in Jönköping, founded in 1829, and active in swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, and lifesaving. The founding date makes it one of the oldest in ...

, swimming society, with Swedish champions in both

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and

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. There are also three other water disciplines in the club, lifeguarding and

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. *

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event, starting in 2016. * Jönköping hosted the 1984

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and the 2019

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. * Jönköping hosted the 2011

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Churches

* Sofia Church * Eastern Chapel * Ekhagen Church * Österängen Church *

Råslätt Church Råslätt Church () is a church (building), church building at Råslätt in Jönköping in Sweden. Belonging to the Jönköping Kristina-Ljungarums Parish, Kristina-Ljungarum of the Church of Sweden, it is dated back to the 1970s, and the architect ...

References

External links

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article ''Jönköping''
from

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, {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonkoping Cities in Sweden County seats in Sweden Populated places in Jönköping Municipality Municipal seats of Jönköping County Swedish municipal seats Market towns in Sweden Populated lakeshore places in Sweden

County government

History

Present

Demography

Population

Population changes

Average age 2019

Notable people

Music

Sport

Art

Education

High schools

Tertiary education

Climate

Sport

Churches

See also

References

External links