Malexander is a small village in
Boxholm Municipality
Boxholm Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the industrial town of Boxholm.
The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (''köping'') Boxholm (itself instit ...
,
Sweden, about southwest of
Linköping
Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...
and southeast of
Boxholm
Boxholm (, , traditionally also , ) is a locality and the seat of Boxholm Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,194 inhabitants in 2010.
Economy
Steel production company Ovako
Ovako AB is a European manufacturer of engineering s ...
. It is located close to the lake
Sommen
Sommen () is a lake in the South Swedish highlands lying across the border of the provinces of Östergötland and Småland. Situated about 147 metres above mean sea level, the lake has an area of and has a maximum depth of 60 metres. The lake is ...
and has a jetty where the
steamboat ''
S/S Boxholm II'' stops. It is well known for the
1999 Police Murders.
History
There is evidence of a church in Malexander from at least the 13th century. The current church,
Malexander Church, was built in 1881 and partly rebuilt following a fire in 1929.
Malexander murders
On 28 May 1999, one of the most high-profile murders in Sweden took place in Malexander when two police officers were executed following a bank robbery in
Kisa.
Notable people
*
Hilding Hagberg, chairman of the
Swedish Communist Party (1951–1963)
*
Sven Stolpe, author
*
Bengt Åkerblom, author of ''Åkerblomstolen''
*
Pelle Björnlert,
riksspelman.
References
External links
Official website
Boxholm Municipality
Populated lakeshore places in Sweden
Populated places in Östergötland County
Populated places in Boxholm Municipality
Sommen
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