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, official_name = Nykulla
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, image_caption = View over Nykulla from the observation tower
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Kronoberg County
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Småland
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, website = http://www.nykulla.se/
Nykulla is a village located in the Tjureda parish of northern Växjö Municipality, Sweden. The village has houses built in the 1920s, mostly farming houses. There are also many ancient monuments, including
cairn
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s from the
Bronze Age
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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 ...
. There is a local museum inside it. The tower was built in 1958, with the two highest stories added in 1960. It is 25 metres tall, and the highest level is 258 metres
above mean sea level
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. In 2008 the tower was used as TV studio for ''
Hej hej sommar
Hej hej sommar ("Hi Hi Summer") was the "Sommarlovsmorgon" program in Sveriges Television during the summers of 2006–08. It was hosted by Nic Schröder 2006–07 and by Sandra Dahlberg and "Svante" (and Nic Schröder) in 2008.
Here is the lyri ...
,'' a children's TV programme in the ''
Sommarlovsmorgon
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