Gnosjö

This article deals with the locality. For the municipality, see Gnosjö (municipality) .

Gnosjö
Gnosjö
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Jönköpings län
Historical Province (landskap):	Småland
Municipality  :	Gnosjö
Coordinates :	57 ° 22 '  N , 13 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 22 '  N , 13 ° 44'  E
SCB code :	1488
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	4528 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	5.47 km²
Population density :	828 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Jönköpings län

Gnosjö is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Jönköpings län and the historic province of Småland . It is the capital of the municipality of the same name .

Gnosjö is one of the places with the highest immigration rate in Sweden. Every second resident is either an immigrant or has a foreign family background. The same applies to the entire Gnosjö municipality, in which immigrants also make up over 50 percent of the population. This means that, in percentage terms, most of the people of non-Scandinavian origin in Sweden live there.

Gnosjö train station

The city coined the term "Gnosjöandan", which is known in Sweden and describes the economic development in the place. The term is easiest to translate as "Gnosjö-Geist". He describes the prevailing potential there in numerous small businesses in conjunction with the integration projects that enable and improve the lives of immigrants there. The term was trademarked in 1995 by the locality. This funding for building up the domestic economy has been in place since the 1940s.

Known residents

• Maria Larsson , politician and minister of health

Web links

• Community website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
2. ↑ SCB: Tiden i Sverige viktig förklaring till framgång på arbetsmarknaden  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Gnosjöandan Webplats