Nässjö () is a

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and the seat of

Nässjö Municipality Nässjö Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Nässjö is situated. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Nässjö'' (instituted in 1914) was a ...

Jönköping County Jönköping County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capita ...

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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 Katrineholm (pronunciation: or ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 24,271 inhabitants in 2018. It is located in the inland of Södermanland and is the third largest ur ...

was opened in 1874, and that year also the opening of the

Oskarshamn Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010. History Etymology Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then chan ...

line; the one to

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in 1882; to

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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

Småland Småland () is a historical Provinces of Sweden, province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name ''Småland'' literally means "small la ...

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

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). Nässjö attempted to get a

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, which was granted in 1914, making it one of the now defunct

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. It is since 1971 instead the seat of the much larger

. 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

Backyard Babies Backyard Babies is a Swedish Rock music, rock band originally from Nässjö and currently based in Stockholm. The band was formed in 1987 and have released eight studio albums, in addition to winning two Grammis, Swedish Grammy Awards. They ...

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

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was arrested in Nässjö on December 10, 2008, after reportedly having lived there for some time.

Geography

Sport

Nässjö Motorstadion Nässjö Motorstadion is a motorcycle speedway track in Nässjö, Sweden. The facility is located on the south west edge of the locality on Skogsvallen. The stadium hosts the NK Nässjö speedway team that has competed in the Swedish Speedway T ...

is a

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

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

Swedish Speedway Team Championship The Swedish Speedway Team Championship is the team championship of motorcycle speedway, speedway in Sweden. History The Championship was introduced in 1950. In 1982 the Championship was renamed with a new league called the Elitserien (speedwa ...

and won the second division in 1997. The facility has hosted important events, including qualifying rounds of the

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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,

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

venue

References

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