Kisa is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

and the seat of

Kinda Municipality Kinda Municipality (''Kinda kommun'') is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town Kisa, with some 4,000 inhabitants. The present municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamatio ...

Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

with 3,687 inhabitants in 2010. Actress Karin Inger Monica Nilsson, who starred as

Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking ( sv, Pippi Långstrump) is the fictional main character in an eponymous series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story wh ...

in the 1969 TV series based on the book by

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...

, was born here. So was Met-Rx World Strongest Man 1998 winner,

Magnus Samuelsson Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. He has also made it to the World's Strongest Man podium 5 times and the finals 10 times and is rega ...

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Kisa: *

Kisa BK Kisa BK ''(Kisa Bollklubb)'' is a Swedish football club located in Kisa, which was founded in 1925 and is still currently based in Kisa, Sweden. Background Kisa BK currently plays in Division 4 Östergötland Västra which is the sixth tier of ...

References

Kinda Municipality Populated places in Östergötland County Populated places in Kinda Municipality Municipal seats of Östergötland County Swedish municipal seats {{Östergötland-geo-stub