Nässjö ()
is a
locality
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and the seat of
Nässjö Municipality
Nässjö Municipality (''Nässjö kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Nässjö is situated.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Nässjö'' (instituted in 1914) was amalgama ...
,
Jönköping County
Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in Sept ...
,
Sweden
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with 16,678 inhabitants in 2010.
History
For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point was the construction of the
Swedish railway system. The
southern main line railway, finished in 1864, passed through Nässjö. Later, other railways were inaugurated, whereby Nässjö, due to its geographical location in the country, became an important junction. A line to
Katrineholm
Katrineholm (pronunciation: or ) is a locality and the seat of Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 24,271 inhabitants in 2018. It is located in the inland of Södermanland and is the third largest urban area in the county ...
was opened in 1874, and that year also the opening of the
Oskarshamn line; the one to
Halmstad
Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational city
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in 1882; to
Kalmar in 1914. Today, Nässjö is the only Swedish junction where railways in six different directions meet.
As a result, industries moved to Nässjö, and the population increased. The most important industries were wood industries due to the forest covered
Småland
Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden.
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 ...
province area, at a time when it had become possible to factory manufacture the wooden chair (a.k.a.
Windsor chair
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). Nässjö attempted to get a
charter
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, which was granted in 1914, making it one of the now defunct
Cities of Sweden
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. It is since 1971 instead the seat of the much larger
Nässjö Municipality
Nässjö Municipality (''Nässjö kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Nässjö is situated.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Nässjö'' (instituted in 1914) was amalgama ...
.
Its population continued to increase throughout the 20th century. In the 1940s production of electrical installation equipment began, and the industry
Eldon AB was for a long time the largest industry of the town.
The rock band
Backyard Babies and metal band
Kongh hail from Nässjö. The head of the largest
ponzi scheme
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in the
Nordic countries
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,
Winclub/Wincapita, Mr
Hannu Kailajärvi
Hannu, Hennu or Henenu was an Egyptian noble, serving as ''m-r-pr'' "majordomo" to Mentuhotep III in the 20th century BC. He reportedly re-opened the trade routes to Punt and Libya for the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. He was buried in a tomb in Dei ...
was arrested in Nässjö on December 10, 2008, after reportedly having lived there for some time.
Geography
Image gallery
Image:Nässjö järnvägsstation, den 23 april 2007, bild 1.jpg, Nässjö Railway Station
Image:Stadshuset i Nässjö, den 20 maj 2007.jpg, Nässjö City Hall
Image:Kulturhuset i Nässjö, den 20 maj 2007, bild 2.jpg, The House of Culture
Image:Nässjö kyrka, den 20 maj 2007, bild 1.jpg, Nässjö Church
Image:nassjo_fran_vattentorn.jpeg, View of Nässjö from the water tower
Image:StinsenArena.jpg, Stinsen Arena
Stinsen Arena is an indoor bandy venue in Nässjö, Sweden. Construction began on 27 April 2012, and the arena was opened on 6 October 2012.
The first game inside the arena was played on 11 October 2012 when Nässjö IF lost, 2–7, to Vetlanda B ...
, bandy
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venue
References
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Municipal seats of Jönköping County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Jönköping County
Populated places in Nässjö Municipality