Gemla

Gemla
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Coordinates: 56°52′N 14°38′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Småland
County	Kronoberg County
Municipality	Växjö Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	2.41 km^2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	1,342
• Density	556/km^2 (1,440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Gemla (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɛ̂mːla] ^ⓘ)[2] is a locality situated in Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 1,342 inhabitants in 2010.[1] Gemla is known for the late poet and writer, Pär Lagerkvist, whose childhood memories of Gemla are vividly described in the novel autobiography Gäst hos verkligheten [sv] (Translates to "Guest of the reality").

The cyclist Gustav Larsson, who won a silver medal in the Olympics, comes from Gemla.

References

1. "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km^2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
2. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 9.