Huskvarna (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhʉ̂ːsˌkvɑːɳa] (listen); formerly spelled Husqvarna) constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, a city in the Swedish province of Småland, and has a population of about 24,000.[1] The distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km.^{[citation needed]} The name Huskvarna translates to House Mill.[2]

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Huskvarna
View over Huskvarna
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 57°48′N 14°16′E
Country	Sweden
Municipality	Jönköping Municipality
County	Jönköping County
Province	Småland
Population
• Total	24,058
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Between 1911 and 1970, it was a city municipality of its own. It geographically grew together with Jönköping in the 1950s. Since the local government reform in 1971, it is administratively within Jönköping Municipality.

History

A royal rifle manufacturer was established in Husqvarna, as it was originally spelled, in 1689, and lasted until 1757, when it was sold to private owners.[3] It continued to supply the Swedish and Norwegian armies with rifles (for example, in 1870, some 10,000 rifles were finished), but the company later switched to the production of sewing machines and bicycles. Today, it is known as Husqvarna AB, an internationally known company with a variety of products.^{[citation needed]}

Coat of arms

The arms (1911) depict rifles and their ignition.

Sport

The International Floorball Federation was founded in Huskvarna in 1986.[4]

Notable residents

• Mona Johannesson, Swedish model
• Denni Avdić, association football player
• Emma Sjöberg, Swedish top model. Married to Hans Wiklund

Notes and references

See also

• Ebbe power station
• Husqvarna (disambiguation)
• Husqvarna AB, the company

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Huskvarna.

• Huskvarna From official municipal website
• (in Swedish) article Huskvarna from Nordisk familjebok