Vetlanda Municipality

Vetlanda is a municipality (in Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Jönköping County, the historical province of Småland. The main town of the municipality is Vetlanda.

Geography

The community Vetlanda is the area 's largest municipality in the province of Jönköping County, the distances to the three largest Swedish cities Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö be all about 300 kilometers.

Coat of arms

Description: In gold, a blue oblique right bar with a golden Ährenhalm occupied.

Places

The following 12 sites are localities ( tätorter ) the municipality Vetlanda:

• Vetlanda
• Ekenässjön
• Landsbro
• Holsbybrunn
• Korsberga
• Myresjö
• Kvillsfors
• Sjunnen
• Skede
• Björköby
• Pauliström
• Nye

Attractions

West of Vetlanda lies on the southern bank of the Norrasjön going back to the middle ages ruins of the castle of Hultaby. In Holsbybrunn is the Mine Kleva gruva. In Alseda is the run as a museum shop Levan DERs Lanthandel.

Personalities

• Hockey player Johan Franzén
• Singer Lena Philipsson
• Poetess Lina Sandell -Berg