Nybro is a city

City status in Sweden

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 and the seat of Nybro Municipality

Nybro Municipality

Nybro Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the town Nybro.The amalgamation of the City of Nybro with its surrounding municipalities took place in 1969....

, 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

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 with 12,598 inhabitants in 2005.

Overview

The name Nybro literally means New Bridge. It was founded as a market town

Market town

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 in the 19th century, but rapidly transformed into an industrial town. In 1865 the town became a municipality separately from Madesjö. It was granted city rights in 1932.

Nybro is a small industrial town surrounded by forests and small agricultural enclaves. Kährs

Kahrs

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 is a manufacturer of wooden floors and the largest employer in the city. But the two glassworks

Glassworks

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 factories (Nybro and Pukeberg) are more known, because they also serve as tourist attraction. Nybro calls itself "The city within the Kingdom of Crystal

Kingdom of Crystal

The Kingdom of Crystal is a geographical area today containing a total of 15 glassworks in the municipalities of Emmaboda, Nybro, Uppvidinge and Lessebo in southern Sweden. Their history can be traced back to the 18th century at least...

", the latter being a region with 15 active glassworks including Kosta

Kosta Glasbruk

Kosta Glasbruk is a Swedish glassworks founded by two foreign officers in Charles XII's army, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein, in 1742 . It is located in Kosta, Sweden...

, Boda

Boda glasbruk

Boda glasbruk is a locality situated in Emmaboda Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 201 inhabitants in 2005.One of the glassworks of Kosta-Boda are situated here. The village was renamed from Förlångskvarn when the glassworks opened in 1874....

 and Orrefors.

The city arms show a bridge in the lower part, the upper part depict crossbows. The crossbows are a symbol that is used more often in this region, but its origin is unknown. Since 1971 the coat of arms is used by the municipality.

Nybro is also the home of Nybro Vikings IF

Nybro Vikings IF

Nybro Vikings IF is an ice-hockey club from Nybro in Sweden. The team was playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan, for seven years from 2002 to 2009...

, a professional ice hockey team in the second highest league of Sweden, Hockeyallsvenskan.