Ljungby Municipality () is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, where the town Ljungby is seated.
In 1971 the City of Ljungby (1936-1970) was amalgamated with the rural municipalities surrounding it, thus creating the present municipality. In 1974 a minor adjustment of the boundaries took place. There are 19 original entities within the area.
Geography Ljungby Municipality contains a little more plains than average in Småland. Lakes, forests and plains are never far away. The tenth largest lake in Sweden, Bolmen, is located in the north-western part of the municipality. The town Ljungby is visited by thousands of tourists, mainly from Germany, every summer.
Localities There are 8 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Ljungby Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
# Locality Population 1 Ljungby 14,810 2 Lagan 1,751 3 Ryssby 689 4 Lidhult 635 5 Kånna 365 6 Vittaryd 306 7 Angelstad 276 8 Agunnaryd 215
The town of Hamneda and the small village of Bohok are also located within Ljungby Municipality.
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Ljungby 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 28,396 inhabitants, including 21,191 Swedish citizens of voting age. 40.8% voted for the left coalition and 57.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Agunnaryd 1,281 928 34.4 64.4 87 85 15 26,298 31Angelstad 1,418 1,136 38.1 61.1 85 90 10 27,200 36Astrad 1,721 1,255 43.9 55.0 84 76 24 26,695 37Berga V 1,323 949 35.3 63.5 81 79 21 24,490 28Berga Ö 1,386 1,062 36.3 62.7 85 82 18 25,011 30Ekebacken 1,318 998 45.2 53.6 88 84 16 27,583 33Hammaren 1,678 1,292 44.3 53.2 75 65 35 22,727 31Hamneda 1,532 1,113 32.6 65.6 83 81 19 24,156 29Hjortsberg V 1,468 1,201 45.1 53.6 72 62 38 20,581 28Hjortsberg Ö 1,696 1,199 51.3 47.9 73 51 49 22,648 27Kungshög V 1,675 1,185 44.1 54.2 80 73 27 24,221 32Kungshög Ö 1,644 1,311 44.6 54.0 77 70 30 24,008 36Lidhult 1,213 848 41.2 57.6 70 72 28 21,362 30Ljungsätra 1,604 1,297 42.7 56.5 79 75 25 23,095 35Ryssby 1,704 1,246 41.4 57.5 82 85 15 25,613 34Stensberg 1,697 1,235 37.7 61.1 86 76 24 26,758 32Sunnerbo 1,886 1,323 42.0 57.1 91 79 21 30,182 44Torpa 734 556 29.8 67.4 80 84 16 21,975 29Vittaryd-Bolmsö 1,418 1,057 38.4 60.3 82 81 19 25,401 35Source: SVT
History Ljungby Municipality traces its history back to the Viking Age. Vikings followed the river Lagan and lived in its vicinity, and one of the locations were in what is now Ljungby Municipality.
In the 14th century several important medieval roads went through the municipality. In that century, an inn was established, and this was to form the center of Ljungby town.
During the 19th century the area closest to Ljungby itself consisted mostly of sand without any vegetation, and the government released funds to plant trees which would tie together the sand and make it suitable for plants.
Sister cities The following cities are twinned with Ljungby: Ås, Akershus fylke, Norway Paimio, Southwest Finland, Finland Šilutė, Klaipėda County, Lithuania
Notability
The opera singer Christina Nilsson was discovered while performing at the Ljungby market in 1857. Metallica bassist Cliff Burton died on a highway within the municipality when the band's tour bus overturned on 27 September 1986.
Born here Eskil Erlandsson born in Torpa 1957. Former chairman of the Swedish Defence Committee (2002-2006) and current Agriculture ministry(2006-). John Lind, Governor of Minnesota (1899–1901), born in Kånna parish. Olof Johansson (b. 1931), politician, former president of the Swedish Centre Party. Peter Westerstrøm, mass murderer executed in Norway in 1809.
References
Statistics Sweden
External links
Ljungby Municipality - Official site