Älmhult () is a
locality and the seat of
Älmhult Municipality
Älmhult Municipality () is a municipality in central Kronoberg County in southern Sweden. The town of Älmhult is its seat.
In 1901, Älmhult was detached from ''Stenbrohult'' and made a market town ('' köping''). The present municipality was ...
in
Kronoberg County
Kronoberg County (; ) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is the city of V ...
,
Sweden
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with 17950 as of 2024
It was in Älmhult that the first
IKEA
IKEA ( , ) is a Multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in Sweden that designs and sells , household goods, and various related services.
IKEA is owned and operated by a series of not-for-profit an ...
(the Swedish furniture company) store was built. IKEA continues to have a large corporate presence there.
A museum of IKEA's history, the
IKEA Museum, opened in the town on 30 June 2016.
It was constructed to present the history of
IKEA
IKEA ( , ) is a Multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in Sweden that designs and sells , household goods, and various related services.
IKEA is owned and operated by a series of not-for-profit an ...
.
Visitors to Älmhult can also experience th
IKEA Hotel which opened in 1964. It is near IKEA's offices and opposite the IKEA Museum.
The botanist
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
was born in
Råshult, Stenbrohult, which is now part of Älmhult Municipality.
Älmhult has a local gymnasium called Haganässkolan and an international school that goes up to Year 10.
Haganässkolan is an
International Baccalaureate
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-authorized school that offers the
IB Diploma Programme since August 2017.
The school also offers a preparatory year, the Pre-Diploma Programme.
Museums
*
IKEA Museum
*
The Museum of Furniture Studies
References
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