Knäred Explained

Official Name:Knäred
Pushpin Map:Sweden Halland#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Laholm Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Halland County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Halland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.26
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:1,088
Population Density Km2:482
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:56.5167°N 32°W

Knäred (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈknæ̌ːrɛd/)[2] is a locality situated in Laholm Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 1,088 inhabitants in 2010. The Treaty of Knäred was signed there in 1613, when the province of Halland was still part of Denmark.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 14.