Åkerby
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Åkerby is a small Swedish village in the area of Småland
, neighboring the small commynity of Lessebo.
A famous place in Åkerby is Åkerby Vägskäl, where the first people gathered before emigrating to America in the 19 century. Wilhelm Moberg wrote about this in his book utvandrarna. It was briefly mentioned in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.
Småland
' is a historical province in southern Sweden.Småland borders Blekinge, Scania or Skåne, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means Small Lands. . The latinized form Smolandia has been used in other languages...
, neighboring the small commynity of Lessebo.
A famous place in Åkerby is Åkerby Vägskäl, where the first people gathered before emigrating to America in the 19 century. Wilhelm Moberg wrote about this in his book utvandrarna. It was briefly mentioned in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson.