Tranås, Jönköping County, Småland Province, Sweden

🇸🇪 Tranås is a locality and the seat of Tranås Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden.

Overview It is close to the lake Sommen in the north of Småland. Its main commercial centre is located along the main street, Storgatan. The symbol of the town is the crane as featured on the town's coat of arms. Some of the bigger employers in the town are Strömsholmen, Pastejköket, OEM, EFG (European Furniture Group) and IVT.

The company Stiga was founded by Stig Hjelmquist in Tranås 1934. Since 2005 there is free bus service in the central part of town.

The town is also the home of Wood House, a major table tennis blade manufacturing facility.

Localities There are 3 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Tranås Municipality: 1 Tranås; 2 Sommen; 3 Gripenberg.

Culture Music plays an important part of everyday life in Tranås. There are bands such as Rövsvett, El Scorschos, The Trick and Feel Flows. Tranås as a town still holds itself in high esteem since winning the annual national award as "music municipal of the year", despite the politicians trying their best to shut down important meeting places like Sobelhuset and be very anti-rock band in their stance.

Nowadays the best known band from Tranås is The Bombdolls, a punk rock band that regularly tours in Sweden and Germany.

Tranås musikkår, founded in 1934, is a symphonic wind orchestra with about 50 members between 15 and 90 years old.

Sport • Tranås FF is the city's football team. • Tranås Bois have played in bandy allsvenskan. • Tranås AIF is the city's pride when it comes to ice hockey. The team currently resides in Division one. • Tranås Baseboll is the city's pride when it comes to baseball. • Tranås Golfklubb is the city's Golf Club with a well known course.

Education • Tranås Utbildningscentrum, Community Centre of Higher Education and Professional Skills. • Holavedsskolan, gymnasium. The name originates from Holaveden, the forest which acts like a border between Småland and Östergötland.

Media News magazines: • Tranås-Posten • Tranås Tidning.