“I spent quite a bit of time in Jonkoping.”
- Jönköping is a fine part of Northern Europe. I live only 8-9 miles from there.
As you probably are well aware of, it’s regarded the “capital” of Småland, a part of Sweden known, among other things, for its industrious and inventive entrepreneurs. Ingvar Kamprad, founder and sole owner of IKEA, is from this part of Scandinavia. Pippi Longstocking, the daughter - or at least brainchild - of Astrid Lindgren is too (like her “mother”).
Even though Jönköping is a nice city with honorable inhabitants, it’s not the only place worthy of praise when it comes to the area of Jönköping.
The town of Gränna, Lake Vättern and the island of Visingsö are all very beautiful in my opinion.
Huskvarna, twin city of Jönköping (as you know, of course), deserve much recognition for a certain company named after this city (however the spelling of the comapny is “Husqvarna” - the explanation is the company was founded already in 1689 and at that time the spelling of the city’s name was different).
Husqvarna (today a subsidary of Electrolux) makes excellent tools. I’ve worked with their chainsaws.
Here are some pictures from Gränna by the way:
Have you visited this town?
I made a quick stop there recently on my way back to Gothenburg after having visited a friend in Stockholm. The pictures doesn’t do the town and the surroundings justice.
Driving down the freeway running alongside lake Vättern is an experience that could compete with what certain roads in France and Italy has to offer (if I may say so as a Swedish patriot).
“Even met one of the girls from the old band ABBA.”
- Can’t compete with that, but a guy who used to play guitar with Ace of Base (a Swedish group that was rather successful in the the early 1990s) visited a party I once threw:D
Best of regards from the West Coast of Sweden!
Correction:
I wrote
“I live only 8-9 miles from there”
80-90 miles from there is the truth, actually.