Lönsboda is the second largest

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Osby Municipality Osby Municipality (''Osby kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby. The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former marke ...

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with 1,903 inhabitants in 2010. Lönsboda is situated in north-eastern

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

, about 20 km east of the municipal seat

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and near the region border to

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and Kronoberg. The community grew up around a railway station which was opened in 1901.

United States Marine Corps War Memorial

Lönsboda has a connection to the

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and its military history. Sculptors obtained a block of black

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for the pedestal of the

Marine Corps War Memorial The United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) is a national memorial located in Arlington County, Virginia. The memorial was dedicated in 1954 to all Marines who have given their lives in defense of the United States since 177 ...

from quarries in Lönsboda.

References

Populated places in Skåne County Populated places in Osby Municipality United States Marine Corps memorials {{Skåne-geo-stub