| Lönneberga | |
|---|---|
  Lönneberga  Lönneberga | |
| Coordinates: 57°33′0.03″N15°43′21.49″E / 57.5500083°N 15.7226361°E Coordinates: 57°33′0.03″N15°43′21.49″E / 57.5500083°N 15.7226361°E | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Småland |
| County | Kalmar |
| Municipality | Hultsfred |
| Population (31 December 2010) [1] | |
| • Total | 167 |
| • Density | 3.37/km2 (8.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Lönneberga is a village and parish in Hultsfred Municipality in the Swedish county of Kalmar County in the region of Småland. In 2000 the parish had 1323 inhabitants on 94 square kilometers, of which 190 lived in the village.
Hultsfred Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. The seat is in the town of Hultsfred.
A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes, in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French conté or cunté denoting a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count (earl) or a viscount. The modern French is comté, and its equivalents in other languages are contea, contado, comtat, condado, Grafschaft, graafschap, Gau, etc..
Kalmar County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland.
Lönneberga is situated around 12 km (7.5 mi) north-west of Hultsfred, around 20 km (12 mi) south-west of Vimmerby. Lönneberga is mostly known from the children's books by Astrid Lindgren about Emil i Lönneberga. It is also the birthplace of artist and writer Albert Engström.
Vimmerby is a city and the seat of Vimmerby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 10,934 inhabitants in 2010.
Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (née Ericsson; Swedish: [ˈasːtrɪd ˈlɪŋːɡreːn] was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil i Lönneberga, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the Six Bullerby Children, and for the children's fantasy novels Mio, My Son, Ronia the Robber's Daughter, and The Brothers Lionheart. Lindgren worked on the Children's Literature Editorial Board at the Rabén & Sjögren publishing house in Stockholm and wrote more than 30 books for children. In January 2017, she was calculated to be the world's 18th most translated author, and the fourth most translated children's writer after Enid Blyton, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Lindgren has so far sold roughly 165 million books worldwide.
Emil of Lönneberga is a series of children's novels by Astrid Lindgren. The twelve books were written between 1963 and 1997. Emil, the title character, is a prankster who lives on a farm in the Lönneberga village of Småland, Sweden.
