Målilla
Encyclopedia
Målilla is a locality
situated in Hultsfred Municipality
, Kalmar County
, Sweden
with 1,605 inhabitants in 2005.
It is more commonly known as the temperature capital of Sweden due to the frequent records, both high and low, being set there. A Swedish record high temperature of +38°C
(100.4°F
) was set on June 29, 1947. This record is shared with Ultuna
in Uppland
. The lowest temperature recorded is -33.8°C, one of the lowest temperatures ever recorded in southern Sweden.
Being famous for the extremes in temperature, visitors are welcomed by a 15 meter high thermometer
in the middle of the town's only roundabout. Shortly after its inauguration in December 2000, it was hit by a car and the bulb had to be replaced.
Målilla is further famous for motorcycle speedway
. Almost since the birth of the sport the local team has been amongst the best in Sweden. Dackarna Målilla
, the original name of the team has lately changed names due to sponsorship deals. Luxo Stars and Team Svelux were two passing names until the original name once again was reinstated.
The other two things which has put Målilla on the Swedish map is their bandy
team Målilla Bandy which has had quite big success during the years and adventurer and mountaineer Janne Corax
who is the only Swedish alpinist with first ascents in the Himalaya on the CV.
The legendary pop band The Beach Boys
founders, the Wilson and Love families, have their roots in Målilla.
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 Hultsfred Municipality
Hultsfred Municipality
Hultsfred Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. The seat is in the town of Hultsfred....
, Kalmar County
Kalmar County
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....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
with 1,605 inhabitants in 2005.
It is more commonly known as the temperature capital of Sweden due to the frequent records, both high and low, being set there. A Swedish record high temperature of +38°C
Celsius
Celsius is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death...
(100.4°F
Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit . Within this scale, the freezing of water into ice is defined at 32 degrees, while the boiling point of water is defined to be 212 degrees...
) was set on June 29, 1947. This record is shared with Ultuna
Ultuna
Ultuna is the location of the headquarters and main campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in southern Uppsala, Sweden....
in Uppland
Uppland
Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea...
. The lowest temperature recorded is -33.8°C, one of the lowest temperatures ever recorded in southern Sweden.
Being famous for the extremes in temperature, visitors are welcomed by a 15 meter high thermometer
Thermometer
Developed during the 16th and 17th centuries, a thermometer is a device that measures temperature or temperature gradient using a variety of different principles. A thermometer has two important elements: the temperature sensor Developed during the 16th and 17th centuries, a thermometer (from the...
in the middle of the town's only roundabout. Shortly after its inauguration in December 2000, it was hit by a car and the bulb had to be replaced.
Målilla is further famous for motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. Speedway motorcycles use only one gear and have no brakes and racing takes place on a flat oval track usually...
. Almost since the birth of the sport the local team has been amongst the best in Sweden. Dackarna Målilla
Dackarna
Dackarna is a speedway club from Målilla in Sweden who compete in the Swedish Elitserien. Their home track is at the G&B Stadium which has been used as the venue for the Grand Prix of Scandinavia since 2005.-History:...
, the original name of the team has lately changed names due to sponsorship deals. Luxo Stars and Team Svelux were two passing names until the original name once again was reinstated.
The other two things which has put Målilla on the Swedish map is their bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
team Målilla Bandy which has had quite big success during the years and adventurer and mountaineer Janne Corax
Janne Corax
Janne Corax, born 1967, is a Swedish cyclist, mountaineer and explorer. He has travelled in 110 countries and cycled more than 82,500 km. He lives in Målilla in southern Sweden...
who is the only Swedish alpinist with first ascents in the Himalaya on the CV.
The legendary pop band The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, The Beach Boys signed to Capitol Records in 1962...
founders, the Wilson and Love families, have their roots in Målilla.