Gislaved Municipality

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Gislaved Municipality
Gislaveds kommun
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Gislaved Municipality
Coat of arms
Gislaved Municipality in Jönköping County.png
Coordinates: 57°18′N 13°32′E / 57.300°N 13.533°E / 57.300; 13.533Coordinates: 57°18′N 13°32′E / 57.300°N 13.533°E / 57.300; 13.533
CountrySweden
CountyJönköping County
SeatGislaved
Government
[1]
 • TypeCouncil-manager
 • MayorCarina Johansson (Centre Party)
 • ManagerStefan Eglinger
Area
[2]
 • Total1,220.72 km2 (471.32 sq mi)
 • Land1,137.08 km2 (439.03 sq mi)
 • Water83.64 km2 (32.29 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[3]
 • Total29,963
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSmåland
Municipal code0662
Websitewww.gislaved.se

Gislaved Municipality (Gislaveds kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Gislaved.

The municipality was created in 1974, when Gislaved locality where amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type. There are seventeen original units making up the present municipality. Within Sweden, and as part of Gnosjö region, it's regarded as being both cultural and industrially dominated.

History[]

The municipality has been inhabited for a long time, but without any significant urban areas. At the turn of the 19th century it contained some 700 inhabitants. By 1949 it was eligible to receive rights as a köping, comparable to town rights. A coat of arms was designed for the occasion, traditionally used by the cities of Sweden. When the municipal reform was carried out in the 1970s, Gislaved adapted the still unused coat of arms as the municipal arms. The arms depict the insignia for a historical hostel nearby.

There are 19 churches in the municipality, the oldest from 1350. In the small town of Burseryd is a church bell that is even older. Its inscription was made with the Futhark alphabet and reads in translation "The year Anno Domine 1238 was this bell made. Bero wrote the inscription".[4] It is today the second oldest church bell in Sweden.

Geography[]

There are six nature reserves in the municipality. Rare plants and animals include the provincial flower the Twinflower (Linnaea borealis), the only flower named after the botanist Carl von Linné. Lake Bolmen lies in the south-east part of the municipality, with its main part in the Ljungby Municipality. It is the tenth largest lake in Sweden and offers fishing, canoeing and other nature activities.

Gislaved used to have a large tire factory under the same name as the town but it has shut down.

Localities[]

There are eight urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Gislaved Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2015. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Gislaved 10,180
2 Anderstorp 5,076
3 Smålandsstenar 4,564
4 Hestra 1,327
5 Reftele 1,289
6 Burseryd 932
7 Skeppshult 360
8 Broaryd 284

Governance[]

Party Seats Percent
Swedish Social Democratic Party 13 25.53%
Centre Party 10 19.00%
Moderate Party 8 16.67%
Sweden Democrats 7 13.95%
Westbo Party 4 8.05%
Christian Democrats 2 4.94%
Liberal Party 2 3.87%
Communist Party 1 2.91%
Left Party 1 2.58%
Green Party 1 2.31%

Gislaved Municipality has for most of its history been governed by the centre-right parties, with the Centre Party heading the municipality from 1974 to 1991 and again since 2018. The Moderate Party headed the municipality from 1991 to 1994 and from 2006 to 2014 while the Social Democrats did so from 1994 to 2006 and again from 2014 to 2018. The Social Democrats have been the largest party in the council since its founding in 1974.

Gislaved Municipality is currently governed by a minority coalition between the Centre Party, the Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats and the Liberal Party. The coalition is led by Carina Johansson from the Centre Party, who is also Mayor since 1 January 2019, and Lars-Ove Bengtsson from the Centre Party who is President of the City Council. Marie Johansson from the Social Democrats heads the opposition.

Notable people[]

Locality within Gislaved Municipality in parentheses.

A

B

  • Darijan Bojanic, professional footballer (Gislaved)
  • , politician (Anderstorp)

D

F

H

J

O

R

S

  • Henrik Skoog, distance runner (Smålandsstenar)
  • , industrialist and founder of Skogsfors Bruk (today ESBE AB) (Reftele)
  • , actor, director and author (Reftele)

T

W

Ö

  • , actress (Reftele)

Sights[]

The Scandinavian Raceway, near Anderstorp, was built in 1968.

References[]

  1. ^ "Kommunens organisation". Gislaveds kommun (in Swedish). Gislaveds kommun. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
  2. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  3. ^ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  4. ^ 2: The Swedish translation at the webpage reads: "Året efter herrens födelse 1238 blev denna klocka gjord. Bero skrev skriften".

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