Värnamo
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| State : | Sweden | |||||
| Province (län): | Jönköpings län | |||||
| Historical Province (landskap): | Småland | |||||
| Municipality : | Värnamo | |||||
| Coordinates : | 57 ° 11 ' N , 14 ° 3' E | |||||
| SCB code : | 1732 | |||||
| Status: | Crime scene | |||||
| Residents : | 19,061 (December 31, 2015) | |||||
| Area : | 11.91 km² | |||||
| Population density : | 1600 inhabitants / km² | |||||
| List of perpetrators in Jönköpings län | ||||||
Värnamo is a small town in the Swedish province of Jönköpings län and the historic province of Småland . The city, located in the valley of the Lagan River and on European route 4 , is the capital of the municipality of the same name .
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Värnamo is located on the north-south European route 4. The place has a train station on the Halmstad – Nässjö railway line .
Attractions
- Home of the designer Bruno Mathsson with a museum
- Apladalen Park and Open Air Museum
- Värnamo Church from the 19th century
- Medieval rune stone on the road to Jönköping
- To the north-west of the city is the Store Mosse National Park with the "naturum" visitor center established in 2004.
- The Ohsabanan , one on the heritage railway developed narrow-gauge railway (about 15 km from Värnamo)
Värnamo market square
In Apladalen Park
Runestone near Värnamo
sons and daughters of the town
- Niklas Hult , soccer player
- Bruno Mathsson , designer
- Mats Odell , Christian Democratic politician
- Felix Rosenqvist , racing driver
- Elize Ryd , metal singer
- Stig Sjölin , boxer
- Eva-Britt Svensson , politician of the left-wing Vänsterpartiet
- Michael Svensson , soccer player
- Jonas Thern , soccer player
- Alexander Wetterhall , mountain bike and road cyclist
Web links
- Värnamo official website
- Tourist office (German)
- National Park Store Mosse (German)
Footnotes
- ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
Places in the municipality of Värnamo