Gemla is a locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 situated in Växjö Municipality

Växjö Municipality

Växjö Municipality is a municipality in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where Växjö is the seat.The municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Växjö with the surrounding municipalities...

, Kronoberg County

Kronoberg County

Kronoberg County is a County or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar and Blekinge. Its capital is the city Växjö.- Province :For History, Geography and Culture see: Småland...

, Sweden

Sweden

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 with 1,312 inhabitants in 2005. Gemla is famous for the late poet and writer, Pär Lagerkvist

Pär Lagerkvist

Pär Fabian Lagerkvist was a Swedish author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951.Lagerkvist wrote poems, plays, novels, stories, and essays of considerable expressive power and influence from his early 20s to his late 70s...

, whose childhood memories of Gemla are vividly described in the novel autobiography Gäst hos verkligheten (Translates to "Guest of the reality").

The famous cyclist Gustav Larsson comes from Gemla.

Micki, a famous Swedish manufacturer of childrens toys, has its origin, head office and manufacturing in Gemla.

Fresh AB, manufacturer of indoor air ventilation systems, has its origin, head office and manufacturing in Gemla.