Nässjö

Nässjö
Nässjö railway station
Nässjö
Coordinates: 57°39′N 14°41′E / 57.65°N 14.683°E / 57.65; 14.683Coordinates: 57°39′N 14°41′E / 57.65°N 14.683°E / 57.65; 14.683
Country	Sweden
Province	Småland
County	Jönköping County
Municipality	Nässjö Municipality
Area[1]
– Total	11.41 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
– Total	16,463
– Density	1,443/km2 (3,737.4/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Nässjö is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 16,463 inhabitants in 2005.^[1]

History

Nässjö was for a long time only a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point was the construction of the Swedish railway system. The southern main line railway, finished in 1864, passed through Nässjö. Later, other railways were inaugurated, whereby Nässjö, due to its geographical location in the country, became an important junction. A line to Katrineholm was opened in 1874, and that year also the opening of the Oskarshamn line; the one to Halmstad in 1882; to Kalmar in 1914.

Swedish Windsor chairs

As a result industries moved to Nässjö, and the population increased. The most important industries were wood industries due to the forest covered Småland province area, at a time when it had become possible to factory manufacture the wooden chair (a.k.a Windsor chair).

Nässjö attempted to get a charter, which was granted in 1914, making it one of the now defunct Cities of Sweden. It is since 1971 instead the seat of the much larger Nässjö Municipality.

Its population continued to increase throughout the 20th century. In the 1940's production of the fire tools began, and the industry "Eldon AB" was for a long time the largest industry of the town.

The rock band Backyard Babies comes from Nässjö. The head of the largest ponzi scheme in the Nordic countries, Winclub/Wincapita, Mr Hannu Kailajärvi was arrested in Nässjö on December 10, 2008, after reportedly having lived there for some time.

Gallery

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  Nässjö Railway Station

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  City hall

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  "The House of Culture"

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2000 och 2005" (in Swedish) (xls). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%c3%a4torternami0810tab1.xls. Retrieved 2009-05-09. 

Nässjö is one of 133 places with the historical city status in Sweden.