Ljungby Municipality (
Ljungby kommun) is a
municipalityThe municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
in
Kronoberg CountyKronoberg County is a County or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar and Blekinge. Its capital is the city Växjö.- Province :For History, Geography and Culture see: Småland...
, southern
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
, where the town Ljungby is seat.
In 1971 the
City of Ljungby (1936-1970) was
amalgamatedA merger or amalgamation in a political or administrative sense is the combination of two or more political or administrative entities such as municipalities , counties, districts, etc. into a single entity. This term is used when the process occurs within a sovereign entity...
with the rural municipalities surrounding it, thus creating the present municipality. In 1974 a minor adjustment of the boundaries took place. There are 19 original entities within the area.
Geography
Ljungby Municipality contains a little more plains than average in
Småland' is a historical province in southern Sweden.Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small lands...
. Lakes, forests and plains are never far away. The tenth largest lake in Sweden,
BolmenBolmen is a lake in Småland, Sweden. Covering 184 km², and with a maximum depth of 37 m, it supplies a considerable part of Skåne with fresh water by means of an 82-km long tunnel, the Bolmen Water Tunnel, built during the 1970s and 80s...
, is located in the north-western part of the municipality. The town Ljungby is visited by thousands of tourists, mainly from Germany, every summer.
History
Ljungby Municipality traces its history back to the
Viking AgeViking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the eighth to eleventh centuries. Scandinavian Vikings explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. The Vikings also reached Iceland, Greenland,...
. Vikings followed the river Lagan and lived in its vicinity, and one of the locations were in what is now Ljungby Municipality.
In the 14th century several important medieval roads went through the municipality. In that century, an inn was established, and this was to form the center of Ljungby town.
During the 19th century the area closest to Ljungby itself consisted mostly of sand without any vegetation, and the government released funds to plant trees which would tie together the sand and make it suitable for plants.
Localities
There are 8
urban areaUrban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
s (also called a
tätort or locality) in Ljungby Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|
| 1 |
Ljungby |
14,810 |
| 2 |
Lagan |
1,751 |
| 3 |
Ryssby Ryssby is a locality situated in Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 689 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated at an altitude of 313 metres . Ryssby lies on the north end of the lake "Ryssbysjön"....
|
689 |
| 4 |
Lidhult Lidhult is a locality situated in Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 635 inhabitants in 2005....
|
635 |
| 5 |
Kånna Kånna is a locality situated in Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 365 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
|
365 |
| 6 |
Vittaryd Vittaryd is a locality situated in Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 306 inhabitants in 2005.Several of the older houses in the centre of the village predate the industrialisation of Europe. Currently, however, economic activity is concentrated on manufacturing, with a house...
|
306 |
| 7 |
AngelstadAngelstad is a locality situated in Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 276 inhabitants in 2005....
|
276 |
| 8 |
Agunnaryd Agunnaryd is a locality and a parish situated in Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 215 inhabitants in 2005.Agunnaryd is chiefly associated with the industrialist Ingvar Kamprad, who founded IKEA . It has one school, a kindergarten, a small supermarket named 'Mat öppet', and four...
|
215 |
Notability
- Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk...
bassist Cliff BurtonClifford Lee Burton was an American bassist best known as the bass player of American heavy metal band Metallica...
died on a country road within the municipality when the band's tour bus overturned on 27 September 1986.
- The opera singer Christina Nilsson
Christina Nilsson, Countess de Casa Miranda, was a Swedish operatic soprano. She possessed a brilliant bel canto technique and was considered a rival to the Victoria era's most famous diva, Adelina Patti...
was discovered while performing at the Ljungby market.
Born here
- John Lind
John Lind was an American politician.-Background:Lindwas born in Kånna, Kronoberg County in the Swedish province of Småland and emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was thirteen years old. He served in the Spanish-American War in 1898...
, GovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
of MinnesotaMinnesota is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.2 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the...
(1899–1901), born in KånnaKånna is a locality situated in Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 365 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
parish.
- Olof Johansson
Sten Olof Håkan Johansson is a Swedish politician, who was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1987 to 1998 and Minister for the Environment 1991-1994....
(b. 1931), politician, former president of the Swedish Centre PartyThe Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party"...
.
- Olov Svebilius
Olov Svebilius was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1681-1700. He was born in Ljungby, close to Kalmar in Sweden, January 1 1624 and died the 29 June 1700....
, Archbishop of UppsalaThe Archbishop of Uppsala has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward under the Lutheran church.- Historical overview :...
1681–1700.
- Peter Westerstrøm
Peter Westerstrøm was a Swedish mass murderer who gained notoriety for the Saksebøl Slaughter in Moss, Norway during the Napoleonic wars.-Background:...
, mass murderer executed in Norway in 1809.
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