Gnosjö Municipality

Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden

Gnosjö Municipality Gnosjö kommun
Municipality
Gnosjö Railway Station
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°22′N 13°44′E / 57.367°N 13.733°E / 57.367; 13.733
Country	Sweden
County	Jönköping County
Seat	Gnosjö
Government
• Mayor	Kristine Hästmark (M)
Area ^[1]
• Total	450.05 km² (173.77 sq mi)
• Land	420.58 km² (162.39 sq mi)
• Water	29.47 km² (11.38 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,246
• Density	21/km² (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0617
Website	www.gnosjo.se

Gnosjö Municipality (Gnosjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Gnosjö is seat.

The Swedish local government reform of 1952 formed this municipality out if five former entities, and it has not been amalgamated with others since then.

About half of the municipal population live in Gnosjö town, the rest is spread between smaller localities, and rural areas.

Gnosjö is referred to as the centre of the Gnosjö region which is an area of enterprising small industries, driven by the distinctive "Gnosjö Spirit". Despite its small size of some 1,100 people at the time, it had been the subject of a book describing its customs and locals in 1906 (F.J.E. Eneström: Gnosjöboarna, deras hemslöjd, seder och lefnadssätt).^[3]

The landscape is dominated by forests. The rural areas offer good possibilities for wildlife, canoeing, fishing, hiking, etc. The Store Mosse is a national park consisting of the largest boggy ground (in Sweden) south of Lapland.

Near Hillerstorp is a small but nationally renowned amusement park called High Chaparral offering Wild West experiences. There is, in Gnosjö town, a small museum of the local industrial history, in this case a mechanical workshop.

Localities

There are seven urban areas (also called localities, Swedish: tätorter) in Gnosjö 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	Gnosjö	6,364
2	Hillerstorp	1,806
3	Kulltorp	327
4	Nissafors	313
5	Törestorp	233
6	Marieholm	218
7	Åsenhöga	200

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gnosjö Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 8,560 inhabitants, including 6,831 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 36.1% voted for the left coalition and 63.2% for the right coalition.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Gnosjö N

1,248

883

38.4

60.9

26,584

Gnosjö V

2,103

1,428

41.4

57.2

23,871

Gnosjö Ö

1,571

1,213

33.6

66.0

25,750

Kulltorp

1,189

854

24.9

74.2

27,257

Kävsjö

2,067

1,452

38.7

60.9

25,899

Åsenhöga-Källeryd

1,382

1,001

36.7

62.8

26,637

Source: SVT^[4]

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.
^ article Gnosjö from Nordisk Familjebok, 1908
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Gnosjö i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.