Nässjö () is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County,

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with 31,782 inhabitants in 2024.

History

For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point was the construction of the Swedish railway system. The southern main line railway, finished in 1864, passed through Nässjö. Later, other railways were inaugurated, whereby Nässjö, due to its geographical location in the country, became an important junction. A line to Katrineholm was opened in 1874, and that year also the opening of the Oskarshamn line; the one to

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in 1882; to Kalmar in 1914. Today, Nässjö is the only Swedish junction where railways in six different directions meet. As a result, industries moved to Nässjö, and the population increased. The most important industries were wood industries due to the forest covered

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province area, at a time when it had become possible to factory manufacture the wooden chair (a.k.a. Windsor chair). Nässjö attempted to get a

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, which was granted in 1914, making it one of the now defunct Cities of Sweden. It is since 1971 instead the seat of the much larger Nässjö Municipality. Its population continued to increase throughout the 20th century. In the 1940s production of electrical installation equipment began, and the industry Eldon AB was for a long time the largest industry of the town. The rock band

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and metal band Kongh hail from Nässjö. The head of the largest

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in the

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, Winclub/Wincapita, Mr Hannu Kailajärvi was arrested in Nässjö on December 10, 2008, after reportedly having lived there for some time.

Geography

Sport

Nässjö Motorstadion is a

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and flat track speedway venue located on the south west edge of the locality on Skogsvallen. The stadium hosts the NK Nässjö speedway team that has competed in the

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and won the second division in 1997. The facility has hosted important events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1983, 1986 and 1991.

Image gallery

Image:Nässjö järnvägsstation, den 23 april 2007, bild 1.jpg, Nässjö Railway Station Image:Stadshuset i Nässjö, den 20 maj 2007.jpg, Nässjö City Hall Image:Kulturhuset i Nässjö, den 20 maj 2007, bild 2.jpg, The House of Culture Image:Nässjö kyrka, den 20 maj 2007, bild 1.jpg, Nässjö Church Image:nassjo_fran_vattentorn.jpeg, View of Nässjö from the water tower Image:StinsenArena.jpg, Stinsen Arena,

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venue

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nassjo Municipal seats of Jönköping County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Nässjö Municipality