Skirö ()
is a small village in
Vetlanda Municipality
Vetlanda Municipality (''Vetlanda kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The town of Vetlanda is the municipality's seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Vetlanda'' (instituted in 1920) was am ...
in
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. It lies 25 km from the town of
Vetlanda
Vetlanda () is a locality and the seat of Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 13,050 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Vetlanda was still nothing more than a village for several centuries. With the 1840s population boom in Småland ...
in the southeastern part of
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 ...
and has a population of about 70 (2010).
Situated in a beautiful setting around Lake Skirö, it was dubbed ("The Garden of
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 ...
") by
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalise ...
. It was also the birthplace of botanist
Eric Ragnar Sventenius (1910–1973).
From 1952 to 1970 Skirö was part of
Nye Municipality. Since 1971 it has been in
Vetlanda Municipality
Vetlanda Municipality (''Vetlanda kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The town of Vetlanda is the municipality's seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Vetlanda'' (instituted in 1920) was am ...
. The village is about 12 km across and 7 km wide with a total area of ca 44
hectare
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is a ...
s. There are some large mansions such as
Wallby and Gölberga not far from the village.
References
External links
Skirö homepage
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Populated places in Jönköping County