Nässjö

Nässjö
Nässjö railway station
Nässjö railway station
Nässjö is located in Jönköping
Nässjö
Nässjö
Nässjö is located in Sweden
Nässjö
Nässjö
Coordinates: 57°39′N 14°41′E / 57.650°N 14.683°E / 57.650; 14.683
CountrySweden
ProvinceSmåland
CountyJönköping County
MunicipalityNässjö Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total
11.44 km2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total
16,678
 • Density1,458/km2 (3,780/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Nässjö (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɛ̂ɧːœ])[2] is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 31,782 inhabitants in 2024.[1]

History

For many years, Nässjö was 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. Today, Nässjö is the only Swedish junction where railways in six different directions meet.

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 1940s production of electrical installation equipment began, and the industry Eldon AB was for a long time the largest industry of the town.

The rock band Backyard Babies and metal band Kongh hail 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.

Geography

Climate data for Nässjö 1961-1990
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −1.4
(29.5) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		3.8
(38.8) 		8.6
(47.5) 		15.2
(59.4) 		19.0
(66.2) 		20.1
(68.2) 		19.1
(66.4) 		14.5
(58.1) 		9.3
(48.7) 		3.4
(38.1) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		9.2
(48.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −3.9
(25.0) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		3.2
(37.8) 		9.1
(48.4) 		13.3
(55.9) 		14.4
(57.9) 		13.6
(56.5) 		9.7
(49.5) 		5.8
(42.4) 		1.0
(33.8) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		4.9
(40.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −6.4
(20.5) 		−6.8
(19.8) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		2.9
(37.2) 		7.5
(45.5) 		8.7
(47.7) 		8.2
(46.8) 		4.9
(40.8) 		2.2
(36.0) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		−4.7
(23.5) 		0.6
(33.0)
Source 1: SMHI Open Data[3]
Source 2: SMHI Monthly Data 2002–2018[4]

Sport

Nässjö Motorstadion is a motorcycle speedway and flat track speedway venue located on the south west edge of the locality on Skogsvallen.[5][6] The stadium hosts the NK Nässjö speedway team[7] that has competed in the Swedish Speedway Team Championship and won the second division in 1997.[8] The facility has hosted important events, including qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1983, 1986 and 1991.[9][10]

  • Nässjö Railway Station
    Nässjö Railway Station
  • Nässjö City Hall
    Nässjö City Hall
  • The House of Culture
    The House of Culture
  • Nässjö Church
    Nässjö Church
  • View of Nässjö from the water tower
    View of Nässjö from the water tower
  • Stinsen Arena, bandy venue
    Stinsen Arena, bandy venue

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 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. 19.
  3. ^ "Precitipation Normals 1961–1990" (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.
  4. ^ "Yearly and Monthly Statistics" (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. 8 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Översiktsplan Samrådsredogörelse" (PDF). Nässjö Kommun. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Nassjo - Sweden". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Nassjo SpeedwayKlubb". NK Nässjö. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  8. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2015". Speedway History. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  9. ^ "World Championship". Metal Speedway. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  10. ^ "World Championship". Speedway.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.