- Huskvarna
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Huskvarna
image_caption = View over Huskvarna
image_shield = Huskvarna City Arms.png
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 =Jönköping Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Jönköping County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 =Småland
established_date3 =
established_title3 = Charter
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 =
population_as_of =
population_footnotes =
population_total = 21,500
population_density_km2 =
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=57 |latm=48 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=14 |longm=16 |longs= |longEW=E
website =Huskvarna (older spelling "Husqvarna") constitutes the eastern part of
Jönköping , the municipal seat ofJönköping Municipality ,Sweden and has a population of about 21,500. The distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km.Between 1911 and 1970 it used to be a city municipality of its own. It grew geographically together with Jönköping already in the 1950s. Since the local government reform in 1971 it is also administratively in Jönköping Municipality.
History
A royal rifle manufacturer was established in Huskvarna in 1680 and lasted until 1757, when it was sold to private owners. It continued to supply the Swedish and Norwegian armies with rifles (for example, in 1870 some 10,000 rifles were finished), but the company later switched over to the production of sewing machines and bicycles. Today, it is known as
Husqvarna (it never changed the old spelling), an internationally known company with a variety of products.Coat of arms
The arms (1911) depict rifles and their ignition. It became obsolete in 1971.
See also
*
Husqvarna , the companyExternal links
* [http://www.jonkoping.se/turism/swedish/huskv-filer/huskvarna.htm Huskvarna] From official municipal website
*sv icon [http://runeberg.org/nfbk/0711.html article "Huskvarna"] fromNordisk familjebok
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