Jämshög is a locality situated in Olofström Municipality,

Blekinge County Blekinge County () is a county or '' län'' in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden ...

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with 1,494 inhabitants in 2010. It is the site of Jämshög Church (''Jämshögs kyrka'') in the

Diocese of Lund The Diocese of Lund () is a diocese within the Church of Sweden which corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge and Skåne. There are 217 parishes within the diocese, the most significant number in any of the dioceses of the Church of Sweden. Th ...

. During the

Northern Seven Years' War The Northern Seven Years' War (also known as the ''Nordic Seven Years' War'', the ''First Northern War,'' the ''Seven Years' War of the North'' or the ''Seven Years War in Scandinavia'') was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611), K ...

(1563 - 1570), the church was destroyed and when it was rebuilt with a sacristy was added in 1778. In 1803, the church and the surrounding village were extinguished when the belfry, the vicarage and seven farmhouses were totally destroyed. The present church began to be erected on June 20, 1804 after drawings by architect Olof Tempelman (1745-1816).

Natives from Jämshög

* John Fredrik Anderson, engineer * Kalle Berglund, middle-distance runner * John Björkhem, Parapsychologist * Nils Olof Holst, geologist *

Harry Martinson Harry Martinson (6May 190411February 1978) was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow ...

, author and nobel prize winner * Axel de la Nietze, author *

Bengt Nordenberg Bengt Nordenberg (April 22, 1822 – December 18, 1902) was a Swedish artist. He belonged to the Düsseldorf school of painting and is best known for his genre paintings with everyday life scenes from the Dalarna, Skåne and Blekinge areas of Sw ...

, artist * Sven Edvin Salje, author * Pehr Thomasson, author * Bertil Ronnmark, sport shooter * Namasenda, singer

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Jämshög: * Jämshögs IF * Jämshög Saints

References

Populated places in Olofström Municipality Harry Martinson {{Blekinge-geo-stub