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 ...

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 Septe ...

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. It was also the birthplace of botanist

Eric Ragnar Sventenius The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ai ...

(1910–1973). From 1952 to 1970 Skirö was part of

Nye Municipality Nye or NYE may refer to: People * Nye (surname) Given name * Nye Perram (born 1969), Australian judge Nickname * Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960), British politician, often known as Nye Bevan * Gordon Nye Frank Jr. (1939–2007), American dragster bu ...

. Since 1971 it has been in

. The village is about 12 km across and 7 km wide with a total area of ca 44 hectares. There are some large mansions such as

Wallby Wallby estate is situated on the outskirts of the village of Skirö in Vetlanda Municipality in Småland, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country' ...

and Gölberga not far from the village.

References

External links

Skirö homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skiro Populated places in Jönköping County