Mjällby
Encyclopedia
Mjällby is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality
, Blekinge County
, Sweden
with 1,272 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the Listerlandet peninsula.
The town has traditionally lived of fishing. The nearby harbour of Nogersund
is the third largest fishery harbour in Sweden. The fishery industry is also dominant on the peninsula. Listerlandet is also the fur farming
centre of Sweden. Fur farming is currently under heavy political debate in Sweden.
Mjällby is known for its football
team which has played in the Swedish national football league a few times. Among football
fans in Sweden the team of Mjällby AIF
is known as "the team that always returns". In September 2009, the team once again qualified for the highest division and will play the 2010 season in Allsvenskan
.
The mathematician Lars Hörmander
was born in Mjällby.
Sölvesborg Municipality
Sölvesborg Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality...
, Blekinge County
Blekinge County
Blekinge County is a county or län in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona...
, 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....
with 1,272 inhabitants in 2005. It is located on the Listerlandet peninsula.
The town has traditionally lived of fishing. The nearby harbour of Nogersund
Nogersund
Nogersund is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 532 inhabitants in 2005....
is the third largest fishery harbour in Sweden. The fishery industry is also dominant on the peninsula. Listerlandet is also the fur farming
Fur farming
Fur farming is the practice of breeding or raising certain types of animals for their fur.Fur used from wild caught animals is not farmed, and is instead known as 'free range fur' because the animals have lived their lives free and natural in the wild....
centre of Sweden. Fur farming is currently under heavy political debate in Sweden.
Mjällby is known for its football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team which has played in the Swedish national football league a few times. Among football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
fans in Sweden the team of Mjällby AIF
Mjällby AIF
Mjällby AIF is a Swedish football club located in Mjällby. The club, formed in 1939, won the title of Sweden's second-level of football Superettan in the 2009 season and thus gained promotion to the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan...
is known as "the team that always returns". In September 2009, the team once again qualified for the highest division and will play the 2010 season in Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
.
The mathematician Lars Hörmander
Lars Hörmander
Lars Valter Hörmander is a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations". He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962, and the Wolf Prize in 1988...
was born in Mjällby.