Lessebo

Lessebo is a locality and the seat of Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 2,737 inhabitants in 2010.^[1] The Lessebo community formed gradually around the paper and iron works that was founded in 1660. Today Vida Paper AB runs the pulp and paper mill as well as The Lessebo Hand Paper Mill which is one of very few commercially run European hand paper mills still existing.

Lessebo
Lessebo Church
Lessebo Show map of Kronoberg Lessebo Show map of Sweden
Coordinates: 56°45′N 15°16′E
Country	Sweden
Province	Småland
County	Kronoberg County
Municipality	Lessebo Municipality
Area [1]
• Total	3.40 km2 (1.31 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2010)[1]
• Total	2,737
• Density	805/km2 (2,080/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Lessebo is situated in what is called the Kingdom of Crystal, which is the centre of Swedish mouth blown glass production.

Hugo Wieslander, an athlete, was born here

References

1. "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.