Bromölla Municipality
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Bromölla Municipality is a municipality
in Skåne County
in southern Sweden
. Its seat is located in the town Bromölla
.
Bromölla was in 1967 reunited with Ivetofta (from which it had been detached as a market town in 1942). In 1974 Näsum was added and the municipality got its present territory.
s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Bromölla Municipality.
In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
A small part of Valje
is situated in Sölvesborg Municipality
.
makes toilets and has been doing it for over a hundred years. Toilets all around Sweden
feature the IFÖ insignia.
Also important is the Nymölla Stora Enso
paper mill, producing fine paper for the world.
, and even some findings of dinosaur
s. More recent remains also attract visitors, among them old churches, mills and some other curiosities that have survived the modernisation. In the municipality are several cultural houses, rural museums and mansions that can be visited.
In the town of Bromölla
lies a popular cinema
visited by people from the whole of southern Sweden. It was elected Best Cinema of Sweden in 2001 by the leading film reviewing program on Swedish television.
Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
in Skåne County
Skåne County
Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...
in southern Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Its seat is located in the town Bromölla
Bromölla
Bromölla is a locality and the seat of Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 7,428 inhabitants in 2005.The town of Bromölla only consisted of a few houses until it began to grow about 100 years ago around a newly established limestone quarry, leading to the establishment of several...
.
Bromölla was in 1967 reunited with Ivetofta (from which it had been detached as a market town in 1942). In 1974 Näsum was added and the municipality got its present territory.
History
The name Bromölla translates to "Bridge Mill", one or more mills used at least from the 17th to the 19th century, adjacent to a small river. The municipal arms depict a bridge over a river, and a water wheel symbolizing the mill.Urban areas
There are 5 urban areaUrban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Bromölla Municipality.
In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bromölla Bromölla Bromölla is a locality and the seat of Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 7,428 inhabitants in 2005.The town of Bromölla only consisted of a few houses until it began to grow about 100 years ago around a newly established limestone quarry, leading to the establishment of several... |
7,428 |
| 2 | Näsum Näsum Näsum is a locality situated in Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,119 inhabitants in 2005.... |
1,119 |
| 3 | Valje Valje Valje is a bimunicipal locality divided by Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County and Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County in Sweden and has 771 inhabitants in 2005. The small river Sissebäck making up the border between the municipalities. The greater part is in Scania, with about 10 % of the... |
771 |
| 4 | Gualöv Gualöv Gualöv is a locality situated in Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 539 inhabitants in 2005.... |
539 |
| 5 | Nymölla Nymölla Nymölla is a locality situated in Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 294 inhabitants in 2005.... |
294 |
A small part of Valje
Valje
Valje is a bimunicipal locality divided by Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County and Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County in Sweden and has 771 inhabitants in 2005. The small river Sissebäck making up the border between the municipalities. The greater part is in Scania, with about 10 % of the...
is situated in Sölvesborg Municipality
Sölvesborg Municipality
Sölvesborg Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality...
.
Industry
IFÖIFO
IFO is a type of DVD-Video file that stores information about chapters, subtitles and audio tracks.An IFO file is one of three types of files that are used on DVDs. It contains important navigational information, such as where a video chapter begins, and where audio and subtitle streams exist...
makes toilets and has been doing it for over a hundred years. Toilets all around Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
feature the IFÖ insignia.
Also important is the Nymölla Stora Enso
Stora Enso
Stora Enso Oyj is a Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1998. It is headquartered in Helsinki, and it has approximately 29,000 employees...
paper mill, producing fine paper for the world.
Culture
Bromölla boosts remains from the Stone AgeStone Age
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
, and even some findings of dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
s. More recent remains also attract visitors, among them old churches, mills and some other curiosities that have survived the modernisation. In the municipality are several cultural houses, rural museums and mansions that can be visited.
In the town of Bromölla
Bromölla
Bromölla is a locality and the seat of Bromölla Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 7,428 inhabitants in 2005.The town of Bromölla only consisted of a few houses until it began to grow about 100 years ago around a newly established limestone quarry, leading to the establishment of several...
lies a popular cinema
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
visited by people from the whole of southern Sweden. It was elected Best Cinema of Sweden in 2001 by the leading film reviewing program on Swedish television.
Famous people Bromölla
- Johanna SjöbergJohanna SjöbergJohanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
(born 8 March 1978), swimmer - Martin ThulinMartin ThulinMartin Johannes Thulin also known as Menonita Rock, is the lead singer of the Mexican musical group Los Fancy-Free....
, musician - Inge DanielssonInge DanielssonInge Danielsson, born 14 June 1941, is a Swedish former footballer . He has played in Ifö/Bromölla IF, Helsingborgs IF and AFC Ajax. Danielsson also played 17 international games for Sweden....
, footballer
External links
- Bromölla - Official site