Nassjo
Nassjo railway station
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Coordinates: 57°39′N 14°41′E  /  57.650°N 14.683°E  / 57.650; 14.683
Country	Sweden
Province	Smaland
County	Jonkoping County
Municipality	Nassjo Municipality
Area [1]
? Total	11.44 km 2 (4.42 sq mi)
Population   (31 December 2010) [1]
? Total	16,678
? Density	1,458/km 2 (3,780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 ( CET )
? Summer ( DST )	UTC+2 ( CEST )

Nassjo ( Swedish pronunciation: [?n???ːœ] ) ^[2] is a locality and the seat of Nassjo Municipality , Jonkoping County , Sweden with 16,678 inhabitants in 2010. ^[1]

History [ edit ]

For many years, Nassjo 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 Nassjo. Later, other railways were inaugurated, whereby Nassjo, 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, Nassjo is the only Swedish junction where railways in six different directions meet.

As a result, industries moved to Nassjo, and the population increased. The most important industries were wood industries due to the forest covered Smaland province area, at a time when it had become possible to factory manufacture the wooden chair (a.k.a. Windsor chair ). Nassjo 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 Nassjo 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 Nassjo. The head of the largest ponzi scheme in the Nordic countries , Winclub/Wincapita , Mr Hannu Kailajarvi was arrested in Nassjo on December 10, 2008, after reportedly having lived there for some time.

Geography [ edit ]

Sport [ edit ]

Nassjo 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 Nassjo 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]}

Image gallery [ edit ]

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

References [ edit ]

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