Älmhult

Älmhult (deprecated also Elmhult ) is an industrially defined small town in Sweden and capital of the municipality Älmhult. Älmhult located in the County of Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, Småland on the southern end of the lake Möckeln.

History

Älmhult grew by a once important railway junction. Here the railway lines Södra stambanan (Malmö - Nässjö - Falköping, part of today's route Malmö -Stockholm ), Sölvesborg - Olofströms - Elmhults Järnväg ( SOEJ ) met (after Blekinge, today only goods transport) and a now abandoned lines to Kristianstad.

Economy

Älmhult is one of the main locations of the furniture company Ikea. The location dominant company opened here in 1958 the first furniture store. In Älmhult have, among others, the Group's subsidiaries Ikea Trading AB, Ikea IT AB, Ikea Communications AB, Ikea of Sweden AB, Swedwood AB and AB module service their principal or branch office with administrative and production units as well as a distribution center. Furthermore, it has Ikanobanken, a bank of Ikano Group, a branch of Ikea, headquartered here.

The Stena -metal group is represented with the head office of Stena Aluminium and a sales office and warehouse of Stena Stål in Älmhult.

An important advantage of the location is in Älmhult still good access to the Swedish rail network dar.

Passenger

Älmhult is located on the Södra stambanan, the Südstammbahnstrecke Copenhagen - Malmö - Alvesta - Stockholm. There are direct trains to Helsingør in Denmark on Lund, Malmö, Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen to Kalmar and Växjö on, which are operated by Statens Järnvägar (SJ ).

Länstrafiken Kronoberg operates an in-house local bus and local bus service, among other things to Vaxjo. Skånetrafiken buses are operated according to Osby.

The nearest airport is Smaland Airport ( VXO) in Växjö.

Tourism and Attractions

The local tourist information helped in the years 2010 2354 visitors on. The largest share with 39 percent represented Sweden, followed by Germany (33 percent) and Danish tourists ( 22 percent).

Many visitors owes Älmhult probably the great popularity of Ikea, because the first furniture store of the company is, according to the local government the most important tourist destination in the municipality.

The sculpture " Stolen" by Kaj Engström and Arne Persson in the form of a giant chair marks the entrance of Älmhult.

On Älmhults central square, between the train station and local government is a statue of in Stenbrohult ( Råshult ) near Älmhult born famous botanist, Carl Linnaeus, which was created in 1946 by Carl Eldh.