Nässjö () is a

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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 ...

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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

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was opened in 1874, and that year also the opening of the

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line; the one to

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in 1882; to

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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

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province area, at a time when it had become possible to factory manufacture the wooden chair (a.k.a.

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). Nässjö attempted to get a

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, which was granted in 1914, making it one of the now defunct

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. It is since 1971 instead the seat of the much larger

. 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 Backyard Babies are a Swedish rock band originally from Nässjö and currently based in Stockholm. The band was formed in 1989 and over the years they have released seven studio albums and won two Swedish Grammy Awards. They are largely attr ...

and metal band Kongh hail from Nässjö. The head of the largest

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in the

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, Winclub/Wincapita, Mr

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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 ...

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venue

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nassjo Municipal seats of Jönköping County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Jönköping County Populated places in Nässjö Municipality