Virserum () is a

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situated in

Hultsfred Municipality Hultsfred Municipality (''Hultsfreds kommun'') is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. The seat is in the town of Hultsfred. The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the market town (''köping' ...

Kalmar County Kalmar County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland. The counties are mainly administrative units. Geo ...

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 ...

with 1,742 inhabitants in 2010. Prior to 1971 it was a ''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word ''kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munici ...

''. The history of Virserum goes back to the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

, and in the 1950s the town was a centre for the furniture industry. In the village of Bösebo, 10 km east of Virserum you can find evidence of settlement from 2500 B.C.

Gallery

Image:Hjortöström.jpg, Labourer's home at Hjortöström's wheel factory in Virserum. Image:Virserum, sedd från sjön 1991.JPG, The community of Virserum seen from Virserum Lake, spring 1991. Image:Virserumsjön, våren 1991.JPG, Virserum Lake, spring 1991. Image:Sockenstugan_Virserum_20060803.jpg, Virserums Parish Home. Is located beside the main square in front of the church. Image:Dackestatyn_Virserum_20060803.jpg, Statue of

Nils Dacke Nils Dacke (died 1543) was a Swedish yeoman who was the leader of a mid-16th century peasant revolt in the historic province of Småland in southern Sweden. The resulting Dacke War ( sv, Dackefejden) was fought against King Gustav I of Sweden ...

in Virserum. Image:Smalspåret_Virserums_station.jpg, Closed railway station in Virserum.

References

Populated places in Kalmar County Populated places in Hultsfred Municipality {{Kalmar-geo-stub