Vetlanda

Also known as Hvetlanda

Vetlanda () is a locality and the seat of Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 13,050 inhabitants in 2010.

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Settlement.official_name: Vetlanda
Settlement.image_skyline: Stadshuset i Vetlanda.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Vetlanda Town Hall
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Jönköping#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Vetlanda Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jönköping County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Småland

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Vetlanda () is a locality and the seat of Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 13,050 inhabitants in 2010.

==History== Vetlanda was still nothing more than a village for several centuries. With the 1840s population boom in Småland, and the industrial revolution winning ground in Sweden, the industry expanded and people settled in the village. With the railways crossing Vetlanda in the late 19th century the population further blossomed, and Vetlanda got the title of a city on New Year's Day 1920, at which time its population amounted to 3,015.