Vimmerby, Kalmar County, Småland County, Sweden

Overview | Vimmerby Church | Sport

🇸🇪 Vimmerby is a city and the seat of Vimmerby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden.

Overview Stångån is a small river running through the city.

Vimmerby had its charter as early as the fourteenth century. The main street, Storgatan, still has the shape in which it was built in the medieval time. There are also many old wooden houses in the city.

Vimmerby is currently a tourist attraction due to historical links with Swedish author Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002). The Astrid Lindgren's World is a theme park for children that has themes from her books, and is visited by fans from around the world. When Astrid Lindgren wrote her books about the country boy Emil of Lönneberga she used much information from her own upbringing in the rural areas of Vimmerby.

Another well-known person from Vimmerby is Swedish record international goalkeeper Thomas Ravelli.

Vimmerby Church Vimmerby Church (Vimmerby kyrka) was built in 1854-1855. The church is built in a neoclassical style with a church tower to the west. The baptismal font is carved in granite and dates from around the year 1200. The pulpit was made in 1713 by the sculptor Olof Jonasson Wiström (1666- 1720). The altarpiece was added in 1877 and was painted by artist Sven Alfred Thörne (1850-1916).

Sport The following sports clubs are located in Vimmerby: • Vimmerby IF.

Europe/Stockholm/Kalmar_County 

Vimmerby has a population of over 10,934 people. Vimmerby also forms part of the wider Kalmar County which has a population of over 236,399 people. Vimmerby is situated near Kalmar.

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Vimmerby has links with:

🇺🇸 Fargo, USA 🇱🇹 Joniškis, Lithuania

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North of: 57.667

🇸🇪 Gothenburg 57.705

🇸🇪 Borås 57.717

🇷🇺 Kostroma 57.767

🇸🇪 Angered 57.78

🇸🇪 Jönköping 57.782

🇷🇺 Pskov 57.817

🇷🇺 Nizhny Tagil 57.908

🇷🇺 Staraya Russa 58

🇷🇺 Perm 58.012

🇷🇺 Rybinsk 58.044

South of: 57.667

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Elgin 57.653

🇸🇪 Visby 57.633

🇷🇺 Yaroslavl 57.633

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Inverness 57.48

🇩🇰 Hjørring 57.455

🇷🇺 Kineshma 57.451

🇷🇺 Kungur 57.436

🇷🇺 Rostov 57.183

🇷🇺 Tyumen 57.15

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Aberdeen 57.15

East of: 15.85

🇧🇦 Bihać 15.867

🇭🇷 Krapina 15.87

🇦🇹 Feldbach 15.883

🇭🇷 Šibenik 15.883

🇨🇿 Trutnov 15.913

🇨🇿 Žďár nad Sázavou 15.933

🇦🇹 Hartberg 15.949

🇭🇷 Zagreb 16

🇦🇹 Tulln an der Donau 16.05

🇨🇬 Ouésso 16.05

West of: 15.85

🇮🇹 Palmi 15.849

🇨🇿 Hradec Králové 15.817

🇵🇱 Drawsko Pomorskie 15.8

🇭🇷 Zaprešić 15.8

🇮🇹 Potenza 15.799

🇨🇿 Chrudim 15.783

🇵🇱 Świdwin 15.767

🇨🇿 Pardubice 15.767

🇦🇴 Huambo 15.738

🇵🇱 Jelenia Góra 15.736

Antipodal to Vimmerby is: -164.15,-57.667

Locations Near: Vimmerby 15.85,57.6667

🇸🇪 Linköping 15.624,58.414 d: 84.1  

🇸🇪 Norrköping 16.188,58.587 d: 104.2  

🇸🇪 Kalmar 16.361,56.667 d: 115.4  

🇸🇪 Växjö 14.81,56.884 d: 107.2  

🇸🇪 Karlskrona 15.592,56.162 d: 168  

🇸🇪 Nyköping 17,58.75 d: 138  

🇸🇪 Kronoberg County 14.44,56.79 d: 129.2  

🇸🇪 Jönköping 14.159,57.782 d: 101.2  

🇸🇪 Örebro 15.222,59.279 d: 183  

🇸🇪 Eskilstuna 16.514,59.371 d: 193.3  

Antipodal to: Vimmerby -164.15,-57.667

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15854.8  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15392.8  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15159.3  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15099  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11368.5  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11269.5  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11254.4  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11250.7  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 11250.7  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 11214.9  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 57.6667 15.85

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