Braås
Braås | |
|---|---|
  Braås Location within Kronoberg  Braås Location within Sweden | |
| Coordinates: 57°04′N 15°03′E / 57.067°N 15.050°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Småland |
| County | Kronoberg County |
| Municipality | Växjö Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.71 km2 (0.66 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 1,547 |
| • Density | 905/km2 (2,340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Braås is a locality situated in Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 1,547 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
It is the site of a Volvo factory, which was built in 1975.[2]
Braås in Culture
[edit]The cycle of poems "Herr Mogens, bondeplågaren" in Albert Ulrik Bååth's book "Svenska toner" (1893) is said to be based on a legend about the nobleman Peder Ryning of Lidboholm, near Braås. The feature film Komedi i Hägerskog* (1968), starring Anita Björk, Tor Isedal, and Ulf Brunnberg, was partially filmed in Braås. *In Jonas Jonasson's novel "The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared" (2009), Braås appears several times.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Helttunen, Maria; Salomonsson, Herman (2024-04-03). "Volvo framtidssatsar – 360 miljoner till fabriken i Braås" [Volvo invests in the future – 360 million for the factory in Braås]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-09-10.
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