Boxholm Municipality ( Swedish : Boxholms kommun ) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden . Its seat is located in the industrial town of Boxholm .
5-564: Malexander is a small village in Boxholm Municipality , Sweden , about 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Linköping and 27 km (17 mi) southeast of Boxholm . It is located close to the lake Sommen and has a jetty where the steamboat S/S Boxholm II stops. It is well known for the 1999 Police Murders . There is evidence of a church in Malexander from at least the 13th century. The current church, Malexander Church ,
10-410: The 12th and 13th century, and several churches have their foundation from that time. The name "Boxholm" is first to be found in the 16th century, as the name of a manor by Arvid Stenbock . Boxholm thus comes from "Bock's holm" ( holm a modern Swedish and Old Norse word for islet ). An iron works was constructed in 1754, and a community grew up around it. The major expansion were however made in
15-596: The left coalition and 50.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. The earliest human traces are from the Stone Age , circa 8000 BC. From some later times, the Nordic Bronze Age , are several remains such as cists and gravefields. And from the Viking Age , ca 800–1,000 AD, are seven kept runestones . After the christianisation of Sweden, churches were built in
20-506: Was built in 1881 and partly rebuilt following a fire in 1929. On 28 May 1999, one of the most high-profile murders in Sweden took place in Malexander when two police officers were executed following a bank robbery in Kisa . This article about a location in Östergötland County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Boxholm Municipality The present municipality
25-509: Was formed in 1971, when the market town ( köping ) Boxholm (itself instituted in 1947) was amalgamated with Södra Göstring and a parish ( Rinna ) from the dissolved municipality of Folkunga . This is a demographic table based on Boxholm Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT 's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 5,511 residents, including 4,307 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.6% voted for
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