Anderstorp ()
is a
locality
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situated in
Gislaved Municipality
Gislaved Municipality (''Gislaveds kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Gislaved.
The municipality was created in 1974, when Gislaved locality where amalgamated with the surround ...
,
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 with 4,965 inhabitants in 2010.
Scandinavian Raceway
Anderstorp Raceway, previously known as Scandinavian Raceway, is a motorsport race track in Anderstorp ( Gislaved Municipality), Sweden and the sole Nordic host of a Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, when the Swedish Grand Prix was held ...
, which hosted the
Swedish Grand Prix Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
races in 1973–1978, is situated here.
Anderstorp also hosts the
Anderstorps SK, famous for its men's
handball teams, and has most industries in Sweden (per person).
Notable residents
*
Jonatan Nielsen (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player
References
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Populated places in Jönköping County
Populated places in Gislaved Municipality
Finnveden