Skirö ()
is a small village in
Vetlanda Municipality
Vetlanda Municipality () is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The town of Vetlanda is the municipality's seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Vetlanda'' (instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the ...
in
Sweden
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. It lies 25 km from the town of
Vetlanda
Vetlanda () is a locality and the seat of Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 13,050 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Vetlanda was still nothing more than a village for several centuries. With the 1840s population boom in Småland ...
in the southeastern part of
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 ...
and has a population of about 70 (2010).
Situated in a beautiful setting around Lake Skirö, it was dubbed ("The Garden of
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 ...
") by
Carolus 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 ...
. It was also the birthplace of botanist
Eric Ragnar Sventenius (1910–1973).
From 1952 to 1970 Skirö was part of
Nye Municipality. Since 1971 it has been in
Vetlanda Municipality
Vetlanda Municipality () is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The town of Vetlanda is the municipality's seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Vetlanda'' (instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the ...
. The village is about 12 km across and 7 km wide with a total area of ca 44
hectare
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, square metres (), and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. ...
s. There are some large mansions such as
Wallby and Gölberga not far from the village.
References
External links
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Populated places in Jönköping County