Älmhult Municipality

Älmhult Municipality Älmhults kommun
Municipality
Almhult railroad station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°33′N 14°08′E / 56.550°N 14.133°E / 56.550; 14.133
Country	Sweden
County	Kronoberg County
Seat	Älmhult
Area
• Total	978.3667 km2 (377.7495 sq mi)
• Land	890.9267 km2 (343.9887 sq mi)
• Water	87.44 km2 (33.76 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	17,932
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0765
Website	www.almhult.se

In 1901 Älmhult was detached from Stenbrohult and made a market town (köping). The present municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when Älmhult was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities.

Of historical significance is that the botanist Carl von Linné was born and grew up in the parish of Stenbrohult in the early 18th century. Today, the estate where he was born and lived his first months has been turned into a museum at Råshult, still surrounded by the same meadows and fields it was 300 years ago.

Allegedly, the area has a variety of different specimens of plants, likely to trigger the interest of a botanical minded youngster. The geography is probably not distinguished from its neighbouring municipalities however. Like all Småland municipalities they contain a variety of lakes, streams and above all forests.

The first IKEA store was opened in Älmhult, by Ingvar Kamprad. Ingvar grew up in the municipality.

 

There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Älmhult Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2014. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

This is a demographic table based on Älmhult Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 17,950 residents, including 12,132 Swedish citizens of voting age. 45.3% voted for the left coalition and 53.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

• Carl Linnaeus
• Ingvar Kamprad

• Statistics Sweden