Ljungby () is the
central locality of
Ljungby Municipality
Ljungby Municipality (''Ljungby kommun'') is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, where the town Ljungby is seat.
In 1971 the ''City of Ljungby'' (1936-1970) was amalgamated with the rural municipalities surrounding it, thus creat ...
,
Kronoberg County
Kronoberg County (; sv, Kronobergs län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is ...
,
Sweden
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, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015.
Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''
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 Munici ...
'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality of its own when the first local government acts took effect in 1863, but retained part of the surrounding rural municipality of the same name. In 1936 Ljungby got the title
''stad'', Swedish for ''Town'' or ''City''. Since 1971 Ljungby is the seat of Ljungby Municipality.
Much of the town center was destroyed in the city fire of 1953. At the time of the rebuilding, the modern style used, characterized by among other ''Hotel Terazza'', still remains controversial locally.
History
![Tellushuset Augusti 2019](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Tellushuset_Augusti_2019.jpg)
The first known inhabitant of the area that is today's Ljungby was Astrad, as can be read on the
runestone
A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones da ...
Replösastenen from the 11th century located a couple of kilometers from the city center. The runestone says: "''Götrad made this stone after Astrad, the foremost of kinsmen and yeomen (
Swedish
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:odalmän) who in
Finnveden formerly lived''". In 1952 a statue by
John Lundqvist
Johan (John) Anders Lundqvist (2 October 1882 – 2 June 1972) was a Swedish sculptor.
Life and works
John Lundqvist first studied at ' (today '' '') and was thereafter assistant to Christian Eriksson between 1907-1313. In 1913, he studied ...
was erected near the main plaza depicting Astrad and Götrad. But there were other people living around Ljungby long before Astrad and Götrad as evident by the numerous
burial mounds
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a ...
in the area. One of the largest burial mounds lies close to the water tower and is named ''Kungshögen''. The largest burial is however ''Höga rör'' that lies some kilometers south of Ljungby on the slope of the
Lagan river valley.
In the 12th century the first stone church was built with the formation of the parish
Ljungby socken
Ljungby () is the central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015.
Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality of its own when the fir ...
. Ljungby had for a long time been the crossroad where the two important north–south and east–west trade routes met. Because of this a hostelry was built adjacent to the
Laganstigen in the 14th century by royal decree.
In 1828 Ljungby only consisted of five farms. It was in the beginning of the 19th century the need for a city in
Sunnerbo hundred
A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions. The equivalent term in Swedish is (in Uppland also ...
was raised. Ljungby competed with the village
Berga
Berga () is the capital of the ''comarca'' (county) of Berguedà , in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered by the municipalities of Cercs, Olvan, Avià , Capolat and Castellar del Riu.
History
Berga derives its name from ...
, where
bishop Henrik had obtained permission to found a city. As Ljungby was considered to be located more central in the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...
and had better road connections, the choice fell on the latter option.
According to a royal letter from October 15, 1828, Ljungby was made a
friköping with regulations on March 28, 1829, according to three sources, and on January 1, 1830, according to another. Ljungby was founded mostly on property that was donated by
Märta Ljungberg
Marta Liungberg (''modern spelling:'' Märta Ljungberg) (1656–1741), was a Swedish innkeeper. She managed the important inn at Ljungby in Sunnerbo. She was also a successful farmer, who acquired many of the farms around the area of the inn. In ...
, operator of Ljungby's hostelry. A town plan with perpendicular roads was used as base when the town's buildings was planned. The city plan would later be split with the arrival of the railroad. In 1878 the railroad between
Vislanda and
Bolmen
Bolmen () is a lake in Småland, Sweden. Covering 184 km², and with a maximum depth of 37 m, it supplies a considerable part of Skåne with fresh water by means of an 82-km long tunnel, the Bolmen Water Tunnel, built during the 1970s and 80 ...
, via Ljungby, was opened. The railroad would later be linked with
Karlshamn–Vislanda–Bolmens railroad (KVBJ) and
Halmstad–Bolmen Railroad (HBJ). In 1899 the north–south stretch
Skåne
Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...
–
Småland
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Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized fo ...
s Railroad (SSJ) was opened.
During the 20th century the town expanded with the help of the workshop and wood industry.
The first population boom started at the end of the 1940s and culminated in the 1960s. Luckily this coincided with the increased need of work by the growing industry in the urban area with the need of work decreasing in the rural areas. The growth was also supported by the labor immigration that began in the post-war period.
The town centre fire of 1953
During the night between 4 and 5 July 1953 a fire started at ''Gustaf Svenssons Bilverkstad'' (
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: Gustaf Svensson's
Garage
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*Garage (residential), a building or part of a building for storing one or more vehicle ...
) by the street ''Eskilsgatan'' at
block
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Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting
* Block programming, the result of a programming strategy in broadcasting
* W242BX, a radio station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States known as ''96.3 ...
''Stjärnan''. The garage was a wooden building with cans of petrol and oil on the floor. First on site was Ljungby fire department, no more than five minutes after the alarm, and could confirm that the fire had started at the garage. Once the fire had taken hold it continued to spread eastward towards the other wooden buildings in block ''Stjärnan''. The fire department had hoped that the street ''Föreningsgatan'' would work as a
fire road
A firebreak or double track (also called a fire line, fuel break, fireroad and firetrail in Australia) is a gap in vegetation or other combustible material that acts as a barrier to slow or stop the progress of a bushfire or wildfire. A firebre ...
, but the wind brought with it sparks and flames, and soon stood parts of block ''Kometen'' also ablaze.
Next to block ''Kometen'', by the street ''Kungsgatan'', lied Ljungby's Telegraph and Telephone Station, who tried to protect themself behind suspended soaked cloths. The nightstaff could not handle the increased traffic pressure the fire had brought with it and had to call in additional staff, who also had to evacuate archives and machines from the building.
The Telegraph and Telephone Station survived the fire after the firefighters managed to extinguished it with
foam
Foams are materials formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
A bath sponge and the head on a glass of beer are examples of foams. In most foams, the volume of gas is large, with thin films of liquid or solid separating the reg ...
.
In an attempt to gain control over the fire Ljungby called on reinforcement from
Hamneda,
Angelstad
Angelstad is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 271 inhabitants in 2010.
References
Populated places in Kronoberg County
Populated places in Ljungby Municipality
Finnvede ...
,
Ryssby,
Växjö
Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...
,
Älmhult
Älmhult () is a locality and the seat of Älmhult Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden with 8,955 inhabitants in 2010.
It was in Älmhult that the first IKEA (the Swedish furniture company) store was built. IKEA continues to have a large c ...
, and
Strömsnäsbruk.
Police from Växjö were also called in to support Ljungby's police force with directing traffic and to prevent people from entering the scene of fire.
Due to an error the fire department from
Lagan were not summoned.
The fire departments' efforts were weakened as only one of the pumps at Ljungby water plant was in operation. The activation of the second pump was delayed as the regular mechanic was on vacation and the subsitiunual mechanic had troubles getting the machinery started.
Despite the activation of both pumps at the water plant there were still not enough water to put out the fires. The fire departments had to activate the river pump by
Lagan River and pump in
untreated raw water
Raw water is water found in the environment that has not been treated and does not have any of its minerals, ions, particles, bacteria, or parasites removed. Raw water includes rainwater, ground water, water from infiltration wells, and water from ...
into Ljungby's
water supply
Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. Thes ...
.
A wagon with water pipes from the
civil defence
Civil defense ( en, region=gb, civil defence) or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from man-made and natural disasters. It uses the principles of emergency operations: prevention, mit ...
were also requisitioned. The pipes were laid from the river all the way to the city centre and gave water to five fire hoses. It is said that the pipe ended at the square basin by the statue of
Astrad and Götrad.
At most; nine
motor pumps were used with a total capacity of per minute and fire hoses were pulled out and used.
Aftermath
During the days after the fire it was concluded that floor space had been destroyed and that twenty buildings had been affected by the fire; whereof 28 residential flats, 24 business flats, 12 workshops, and 9 warehouses.
Most of the buildings where from the days when Ljungby was just a
market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
, built before 1936.
Thirty families became homeless and 96 people became unemployed.
It was estimated that a value of three million
kronor had been destroyed by the fire.
No person was killed, but seven firefighters had to visit
Ljungby hospital; six of them could leave shortly thereafter and one had to stay.
As
untreated raw water
Raw water is water found in the environment that has not been treated and does not have any of its minerals, ions, particles, bacteria, or parasites removed. Raw water includes rainwater, ground water, water from infiltration wells, and water from ...
had been pumped in into Ljungby's
water supply network
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# A drainage basin (see water purification – source ...
from the
Lagan River the Health Department issued a request for everyone to boil their water before using it. This was particularly important as there was a high risk that
sewage
Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produced by a community of people. It is typically transported through a sewer system. Sewage consists of wastewater discharged from residenc ...
water had entered the water supply and as the deadly
salmonella
''Salmonella'' is a genus of rod-shaped (bacillus) Gram-negative bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The two species of ''Salmonella'' are ''Salmonella enterica'' and ''Salmonella bongori''. ''S. enterica'' is the type species and is fur ...
outbreak
The Alvesta Epidemic had recently reached its peak.
There were rumours that
looting
Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. ...
had occurred during the fire. However, no reports were received and according to police and firefighters on site all went well, apart for some drunk people who disturbed.
There were plans to build
hut
A hut is a small dwelling, which may be constructed of various local materials. Huts are a type of vernacular architecture because they are built of readily available materials such as wood, snow, ice, stone, grass, palm leaves, branches, hid ...
s on the square so that the affected businesses could continue their trade while rebuilding. But many business continued their trade at other temporary premises, which was noticed as only 15 out of the 96 unemployed reported to the
Employment Service the following days.
The reconstruction of the city centre consisted of buildings and a
piazza
A town square (or square, plaza, public square, city square, urban square, or ''piazza'') is an open public space, commonly found in the heart of a traditional town but not necessarily a true geometric square, used for community gatherings. ...
in a more modern
international style. This style is particularly evident in the seven-storey hotel ''Terraza'' which replaced the four-story hotel ''Stadshotellet''. The plan was to demolish ''Stadshotellet'' in the spring of 1961, but instead it burned down on December 18, 1960.
Administration
Ljungby became a ''
friköping'' (or ''chipping'' in English) October 15, 1828, with the regulations decided on March 28, 1829. On January 31, 1879, Ljungby chipping's rules and regulations, building bylaws, and the fire charter was issued. On February 10, 1893, it was decided that the health care charter would also apply in the chipping. 1900 the concept ''
municipalsamhälle'' was introduced into Sweden's legislation and Ljungby chipping was transformed into ''Ljungby köping municipalsamhälle''. This was due to the fact that at least one of the town's charters was applied to the area and didn't belong to a ''
stadskommun'' (approx. town municipality) or ''
köpingskommun'' (approx. chipping municipality). On July 3, 1902, a special arrangement Charter was issued for ''Ljungby köping municipalsamhälle''. On October 7, 1921, the area of ''Ljungby municipalsamhälle'' was increased from 0.98 km
2 (0.37 mi
2) to 3.50 km
2 (1.35 mi
2).
Ljungby was, and is, the "church village" of
Ljungby parish and belonged to ''Ljungby
rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...
'' after
1862 Swedish municipal reform. On January 1, 1936, Ljungby parish and rural municipality was reformed into ''Ljungby stad''. This was in accordance to a decision made on September 20, 1935, that gave ljungby the title "
stad" (English: ''town'' or ''city''). With 1971 Swedish municipal reforms ''Ljungby stad'' and the ''rural municipality'' was ascended into
Ljungby municipality
Ljungby Municipality (''Ljungby kommun'') is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, where the town Ljungby is seat.
In 1971 the ''City of Ljungby'' (1936-1970) was amalgamated with the rural municipalities surrounding it, thus creat ...
with Ljungby being the
central locality.
Transport
![Riksettan, sign](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Riksettan%2C_sign.jpg)
Ljungby has good road connections as it lies where the
E4 and
national road 25 intersects. The town is also pierced by the
scenic route
A scenic route, tourist road, tourist route, tourist drive, holiday route, theme route, or scenic byway is a specially designated road or waterway that travels through an area of natural or cultural beauty. It often passes by scenic viewpoints ...
Riksettan
Riksettan or Turistväg Riksettan is the name of a scenic route that goes from Vaggeryd in the north, through Värnamo, Ljungby, Markaryd, and ends in Örkelljunga in the south. The route is part of the classic national road '' Riksväg 1'' and g ...
.
Ljungby has a small airport,
Ljungby-Feringe airport, without regular services about 13 kilometers to the northeast. The airport is owned by
Feringe Flygklubb and is mostly used by sports planes,
glider
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** Glider (sailplane), a rigid-winged glider aircraft with an undercarriage, used in the sport of glidin ...
s, and
parachutists. The closest airport with passenger traffic is
Växjö Småland Airport.
There were earlier railroad connections in four directions with
narrow-gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structur ...
railways towards
Halmstad
Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Socia ...
and
Vislanda, and
standard gauge
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towards
Värnamo
Värnamo (), historically known as Wernamo, is a town in Jönköping County in the south of Sweden. It is situated on the river Lagan just north of the lake Vidöstern. It is the seat of Värnamo Municipality and has 19,778 inhabitants as of 31 ...
and
Markaryd
Markaryd () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Markaryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 3,966 inhabitants in 2010.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Markaryd is Twin towns and sister cities, twinn ...
. These lines are now defunct and the tracks have been removed.
Most of the railway embankments have been converted into bicycle paths. The northerly embankment connects Ljungby and
Lagan with a 10 kilometer asphalted bicycle path where it connects with the bicycle route
Sverigeleden. The west-eastern embankment is part of the 250 kilometer long bike trail
Banvallsleden.
Business and education
![Ljungby Garvaren](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Ljungby_Garvaren.jpg)
Among the industries in Ljungby there are
Svetruck,
Electrolux Laundry Systems
Electrolux Laundry Systems, previously named ''Electrolux-Wascator'', is a supplier of laundry equipment including washer extractors, dryers and finishing equipment. The company is a part of Electrolux Professional.
History
The company ''Värmel ...
,
Strålfors,
Ljungby Maskin
Ljungby () is the central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015.
Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality of its own when the fir ...
,
CTC Enertech,
HP Tronic and LL-Skogsmaskiner. Ljungby is also home to the daily regional newspaper
Smålänningen. There are also several smaller and niche companies located in Ljungby.
The
Ljungby library was designed by
Jan Wallinder and finished construction in 1982.
Gymnasium
There are two
gymnasiums in Ljungby municipality; Sunnerbogymnasiet and Ryssbygymnasiet.
Sunnerbogymnasiet is the largest with about 1'300 students and offers education in Social Science, Natural Science, Engineering, Construction, Aesthetics, Handicraft, and Business and Administration.
Ryssbygymnasiet lies about 30 kilometers outside Ljungby in the small village
Ryssby. It offers education in Hotel, restaurant and catering, Hunting and wildlife management, Nature and adventure tourism, and Forestry.
College
Since 2002 there is a small college in Ljungby,
Centre for Information Logistic and
Högskolecentrum Ljungby, in cooperation with
Linnaeus University
Linnaeus University (LNU) ( sv, Linnéuniversitetet) is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with two campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar respectively. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by ...
,
Jönköping University
Jönköping University (JU), formerly Högskolan i Jönköping, is a non-governmental Swedish university college located in the city Jönköping in Småland, Sweden.
JU is a member of the European University Association (EUA) and The Association ...
, and
Halmstad University. The college offers a variety of programs and courses in the three areas of
information logistics Information Logistics (IL) deals with the flow of information between human and / or machine actors within or between any number of organizations that in turn form a value creating network (see, e.g.). IL is closely related to information management ...
, marketing and sales, and
product development
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.
Culture
![Ljungbergmuseet Ljungby](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Ljungbergmuseet_Ljungby.JPG)
Ljungby have been the home of several different cultural personalities. Among others, the
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
Gunnar Fischer
Gunnar Fischer (18 November 1910 – 11 June 2011) was a Swedish cinematographer who worked with director Ingmar Bergman on several of the director's best-known films, including ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955) and ''The Seventh Seal'' (19 ...
and the writers
Folke Fridell
Folke Ivar Valter Fridell (1 October 1904 – 12 August 1985) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school and syndicalist.
Biography
Fridell was born the youngest of a large family (6 siblings, and 6 more half siblings by his father) living ...
,
Lennart Williams, and
Sölve Rydell
Sölve was a sea-king who conquered Sweden by burning the Swedish king Östen to death inside his hall.
The ''Heimskringla'' relates that he was the son of Högne of Nærøy, and that he had his home in Jutland (however, according to the older ...
.
The
Ljungberg Museum
Ljungberg Museum ( sv, Ljungbergmuseet) is a museum located in Ljungby, Sweden, and is Kronoberg County's official museum of visual art.
The museum is located in Ljungby city center next to the former home and atelier of Sven Ljungberg (1913– ...
is since 2012
Kronoberg County's official museum of visual art. The museum's permanent exhibition feature
Sven Ljungberg and
Ann Margret Dahlquist-Ljungberg's artistic achievements. They do also have continuously special exhibitions with other major Swedish and
Nordic artists.
The internationally renowned painter
Erik Ortvad had his home during the second half of his life in
Kvänjarp just outside Ljungby. The painter and sculptor
Albert von Stockenström lived and died in Ljungby. Current painter
Kenneth Sjöö live in Ljungby.
The
Museum of Legends is a small museum dedicated to oral storytelling, fairy tales and folklore. The museum is run by the
UNESCO
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accredited advisor
Storytelling Network Kronoberg who also arrange the yearly
Ljungby Storytelling Festival.
Churches and religious communities
Church of Sweden
Ljungby församling
Ljungby assembly belongs to Ljungby parish in the
diocese of Växjö
The Diocese of Växjö ( sv, Växjö stift) is one of the 13 dioceses or regional units of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. It was also a former Roman Catholic bishopric.
Lutheran diocese
Diocese of Växjö is situated in southern Sweden and incl ...
. The congregation was formed in the Middle Ages with their first stone church being built in the 12th century. Ljungby assembly's current church,
Ljungby Church
Ljungby () is the central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015.
Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality of its own when the fir ...
, was built between 1858–1859 and inaugurated on September 8, 1861, by bishop
Henrik Gustaf Hultman
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.
The newly built church had a bit of an austere interior, with the only inventory from the old demolished stone church being the middle aged baptismal font and the 18th century
longcase clock
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. The church does however have a few recent artistic embellishments. One of the most eye-catching objects being the gilded
altarpiece
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by
Sven Ljungberg featuring Christ's way on
via Dolorosa
The ''Via Dolorosa'' (Latin, 'Sorrowful Way', often translated 'Way of Suffering'; ar, طريق الآلام; Hebrew: ויה דולורוזה) is a processional route in the Old City of Jerusalem. It represents the path that Jesus would have t ...
.
Ljungby Maria Församling
Ljungby Maria assembly belongs to
Ljungby parish. The assembly was created when Ljungby assembly was split in 2002. The church
Mariakyrkan was designed by architect Agneta Holmqvist and opened in 2001 to be the new assembly's main church.
Annelundkyrkan
Annelundkyrkan operates as the district church for Ljungby's Annelund district and as a funeral church as it is located at the Skogskyrkogården cemetery. The church was designed by county architect Hans Lindén and opened on July 2, 1972. The church is decorated by Åke Wremp and woodcarver
Eva Spångberg. The church does also have a rich mural by
Sven Ljungberg.
Other
Churches and communities that belongs to other religious communities:
* Pingstkyrkan i Ljungby
* Betelkyrkan EFK
* Missionskyrkan
* Sankt Stefans katolska kapell
* Markuskyrkan,
LBK
* Allianskyrkan
Sport
The most well-known sports clubs of Ljungby are the
ice hockey
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club
IF Troja/Ljungby
IF Troja-Ljungby is a Swedish ice hockey club from Ljungby, Sweden. They are currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Hockeyettan
Hockeyettan is the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. As of the 2015–16 season, the league c ...
, the soccer club
Ljungby IF
Ljungby IF is a Swedish football club located in Ljungby. The club was founded on 1 April 1914.
Background
Since their foundation Ljungby IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. Their ...
, and the
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
club
Ljungby VBK
Famous people from Ljungby
![Bergman, Fischer, Nilsson 1952](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Bergman%2C_Fischer%2C_Nilsson_1952.jpg)
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Bengt Harding Olson, prosecutor and politician (
fp)
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Eskil Erlandsson
Lars Eskil Anders Erlandsson (born 25 January 1957) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for Rural Affairs from 2010 to 2014, having previously served as Minister for Agriculture from 2006 to 2010. A member of the Centre Party, he was ...
,
MP, and
Minister for Rural Affairs
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(
c)
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Ingvar Kamprad
Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish billionaire best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. He lived in Switzerland from 1976 to 2014.
Early life and family ...
, active in
Elmtaryd
Feodor Ingvar Kamprad (; 30 March 1926 – 27 January 2018) was a Swedish billionaire best known for founding IKEA, a multinational retail company specialising in furniture. He lived in Switzerland from 1976 to 2014.
Early life and family
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, business leader, founder of
IKEA
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John Ljunggren
John Arthur Ljunggren (9 September 1919 – 13 January 2000) was a Swedish race walker. He competed in the 50 kilometer event at the 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished in first, ninth, third, second and 16th place, respective ...
; former head bartender at
Operabaren and author of Europe's first cocktail book "''
Recept å bardrinkar''" from 1917.
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Märta Ljungberg
Marta Liungberg (''modern spelling:'' Märta Ljungberg) (1656–1741), was a Swedish innkeeper. She managed the important inn at Ljungby in Sunnerbo. She was also a successful farmer, who acquired many of the farms around the area of the inn. In ...
, innkeeper and donor
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Rune B. Johansson
Rune B. Johansson (1915–1982) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the Social Democratic Party. He served as minister of the interior (1957–1962) and minister of industry (1971–1976).
Biography
Johansson was born in Ljungby or ...
,
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ‘prime minister’, â ...
and politician (
s)
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Vera Sandberg
Vera Helfrid Victoria Sandberg (born 23 May 1895 at ''Hångers gård'' ( Eng:Hångers farm) in Ljungby; died 24 December 1979 in Stockholm) was a Swedish engineer. In 1917, she became Sweden's first female engineer.
Biography
Vera Sandberg grew ...
, Sweden's first female engineer
Art and Culture
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Folke Fridell
Folke Ivar Valter Fridell (1 October 1904 – 12 August 1985) was a Swedish writer of the proletarian school and syndicalist.
Biography
Fridell was born the youngest of a large family (6 siblings, and 6 more half siblings by his father) living ...
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Berga parish; proletarian writer
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Gunnar Fischer
Gunnar Fischer (18 November 1910 – 11 June 2011) was a Swedish cinematographer who worked with director Ingmar Bergman on several of the director's best-known films, including ''Smiles of a Summer Night'' (1955) and ''The Seventh Seal'' (19 ...
, cinematographer, director, and writer
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Sven Ljungberg, painter, graphic artist, professor, and writer
Sport
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Emil Krafth, soccer player for
Newcastle United
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of the
English Premier League
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Jacob Larsson
Jacob Larsson (born 29 April 1997) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing with the Belleville Senators in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) ...
, ice hockey player for the
Anaheim Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks are a professional ice hockey team based in Anaheim, California. The Ducks compete in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division, and play their home games at Honda Center.
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of the NHL
* Linus Johansson, ice hockey player for HC Sochi of the KHL
* Mattias Nilsson (ice hockey), Mattias Nilsson, ice hockey player for the Sparta Warriors of the GET-ligaen
* Mattias Weinhandl, former professional ice hockey player
* Oscar Fantenberg, ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL
* Pierre Engvall, ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL
* Rade Prica, former professional soccer player
* Roger Johansson, former professional ice hockey player
Demographic
Climate
Ljungby has a transitional oceanic climate, maritime (''Cfb'') and humid continental climate, humid continental climate (''Dfb'') influenced by its inland position, with large temperature differences between seasons. Most winter precipitation is cold rain, an effect of mild weather being associated with low pressure systems arriving from the North Sea in a westerly direction. Summers have some of the strongest hypothetical heat potential in Sweden, being inland at a low latitude. However, the same type of westerlies often bring in moist and cool air instead leading to clouds, convection and heavy rainfall. Being at above sea level also cools down afternoons year round. This renders seaside locations on the west coast having similar summer afternoon temperatures as Ljungby. The high variability is notable, with warm and cool July months differing about for daytime temperatures. Winter means may differ more than between different years.
References
External links
Ljungby Municipality- Official site
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Populated places in Kronoberg County
Populated places in Ljungby Municipality
Municipal seats of Kronoberg County
Swedish municipal seats
Market towns in Sweden
Finnveden