Kisa is a
locality
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and the seat of
Kinda Municipality
Kinda Municipality () is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town Kisa, with some 4,000 inhabitants.
The present municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of three munic ...
,
Östergötland County
Östergötland County () is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the northeast. It also has a ...
,
Sweden
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with 3,687 inhabitants in 2010.
Actress
Karin Inger Monica Nilsson, who starred as
Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking () is the fictional main character in a series of children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi was named by Lindgren's daughter Karin, who asked her mother for a get-well story when she was off school.
Pippi is ...
in the
1969 TV series based on the book by
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Emil of Lönneberga, ...
, was born here.
So was Met-Rx
World Strongest Man 1998 winner,
Magnus Samuelsson
Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Sweden, Swedish actor, former Strongman and the 1998 World's Strongest Man. Known as the 'king of the stones', he made it to the World's Strongest Man podium 5 times and the finals 10 times.
The ...
.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Kisa:
*
Kisa BK
Kisa BK ''(Kisa Bollklubb)'' is a Swedish football club located in Kisa, which was founded in 1925 and is still currently based in Kisa, Sweden.
Background
Kisa BK currently plays in Division 4 Östergötland Västra which is the sixth tier o ...
References
Populated places in Kinda Municipality
Municipal seats of Östergötland County
Swedish municipal seats
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