Lessebo Municipality

Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden

Lessebo Municipality Lessebo kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°45′N 15°16′E / 56.750°N 15.267°E / 56.750; 15.267
Country	Sweden
County	Kronoberg County
Seat	Lessebo
Area ^[1]
• Total	456.34 km² (176.19 sq mi)
• Land	412.55 km² (159.29 sq mi)
• Water	43.79 km² (16.91 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	8,342
• Density	18/km² (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0761
Website	www.lessebo.se

Lessebo Municipality (Lessebo kommun) is a municipality in eastern Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where the town Lessebo is seat.

The nationwide local government reform of 1971 saw the creation of the present municipality, when three surrounding municipalities were amalgamated with the market town (köping) of Lessebo (itself instituted in 1939)

In its history, Lessebo Municipality still honours the Swedish emigration in the late 19th century, whereby many poor farmers from Sweden – many of them from Småland – emigrated to the U.S.. When Vilhelm Moberg wrote his acclaimed novels about this time, he located his main characters' home to the parish of Ljuder in eastern Lessebo Municipality. An honorary Walk of the Emigrants also stretches through the municipality and continues to Karlshamn in the south.

Localities

There are 4 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Lessebo Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Hovmantorp	3,001
2	Lessebo	2,623
3	Kosta	941
4	Skruv	516

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Lessebo Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 8,559 inhabitants, including 5,962 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 50.2% voted for the left coalition and 48.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Ekeberga

1,071

759

58.8

39.5

20,528

Hovmantorp V

1,617

1,188

48.8

50.4

26,817

Hovmantorp Ö

1,845

1,337

50.1

48.8

23,749

Lessebo N

1,624

1,072

56.9

42.3

20,118

Lessebo S

1,492

950

41.1

57.3

21,180

Ljuder

910

656

41.6

57.3

22,318

Source: SVT^[3]

Economy

Lessebo Municipality is best known for the manufacture of glassware. It is located in Sweden's so-called Glasriket (Realm of Glass), which also includes the municipalities of Uppvidinge, Emmaboda and Nybro.

The main glassblower company in Lessebo Municipality is Kosta Boda, established in 1742 as "Kosta". They offer instruction for students wanting to learn the field.

Besides the glass industry, Lessebo Municipality also has a manufacturer of handmade paper which was established in 1693, today an exclusive product mainly used for finer documents.

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Lessebo i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.