Ålem

Ålem
Ålem
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Kalmar Lan
Historical Province (landskap):	Småland
Municipality  :	Mönsterås
Coordinates :	56 ° 57 '  N , 16 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 57 '  N , 16 ° 23'  E

Ålem is a district of Blomstermåla in the Swedish province of Kalmar län and the historic province of Småland . It is located in the municipality of Mönsterås about eight kilometers south of the main town of Mönsterås .

Until 2010, Ålem was an independent crime scene with 803 inhabitants. Thereafter it was added to the roughly twice as large crime scene Blomstermåla, the center of which is just under five kilometers to the northwest, as the area along the road between the locations is now practically continuously built up.

The European route 22 runs east of the town on the Norrköping - Kalmar section . At Ålem, Riksväg 34 branches off the European route, which continues in the direction of Blomstermåla via Vimmerby and Linköping to Motala .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Carl Johan Svensén (1823-1883), politician
• Christopher Rappe (1843–1930), politician
• Herbert Petersson (1881–1927), linguist
• Sven Svensson (1881–1927), artist
• Bror Olsson (1894–1973), librarian, author, and editor
• Waldemar Svensson (1897–1984), politician
• Eric Hägelmark (* 1925), politician
• Benno Magnusson (* 1953), football player

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Befolkning i tatorter 1960–2010 on the website of Statistiska centralbyrån (Excel file)