Målilla () is a

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in Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,524 inhabitants in 2010. It is commonly known as the temperature capital of Sweden due to both high and low temperature records being set there. A Swedish record high temperature of +38

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(100.4

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) was set on June 29, 1947. This record is shared with

Ultuna Ultuna () is a locality in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 449 inhabitants in 2017. Located south of central Uppsala, it hosts the headquarters and main campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lan ...

Uppland Uppland is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The name literally ...

. The lowest temperature recorded is −33.8 °C, one of the lowest ever recorded in southern Sweden. Due to its fame for the extremes in temperature, the center of the town's main roundabout features a 15 metre high

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. Shortly after its construction in December 2000, it was hit by a motorist and its bulb had to be replaced.

Sport and leisure

Speedway

Målilla is famous for

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and a team called

Dackarna Dackarna is a motorcycle speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track since 1993 has been the Skrotfrag Arena which was the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia and is the current venue for ...

, who are six-time champions of Sweden. The original name of the team changed several times due to sponsorship deals; Luxo Stars and Team Svelux were two passing names until the original name was reinstated. The team won the 2021 Swedish Speedway league and has raced at the

Skrotfrag Arena The Skrotfrag Arena is a 15,000-capacity multi-use stadium in Målilla, Sweden. The stadium is regularly used as the venue for the World Championship races; the Speedway Grand Prix of Scandinavia and the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden (rounds of ...

since 1993. The team also raced at the Gamla Målilla Motorstadion, which existed from 1935 to 1992 before being demolished.

Climate

Målilla has a

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for the reference period of 1961–1990 with a January and February mean of . The data from recent years shows the climate moving towards an

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, though still continental overall with significant differences between seasons. Whilst winter temperatures have been too cold to be oceanic, summers have become warmer on average. The 2002–2014 July average high was . The highest temperature recorded since the all-time record-high temperature has been measured in July 2022 according to SMHI's data series. Despite being prone to temperature extremes, Målilla has a relatively normal climate, with slightly warmer days and colder nights than typical for the area, especially during spring, with April high temperatures averaging for 2002–2014, but with night time lows being around freezing point. Other official statistical records include exceeding in March, attaining in April, and reaching in October, all exceptionally warm by Swedish standards. In spite of this, the tied Swedish record of set in June 1947 is the only national monthly record currently held by Målilla.

Notable people

* Janne Corax, adventurer and mountaineer, who is the only Swedish alpinist with first ascents in the

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on the CV. * Andreas Harrysson, darts player who plays in the

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(WDF) and

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(PDC) events.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malilla Populated places in Hultsfred Municipality