Mönsterås Explained

Official Name:Mönsterås
Pushpin Map:Sweden Kalmar#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Mönsterås Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Kalmar County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Småland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:4.10
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:5186
Population Density Km2:1154
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.0333°N 43°W

Mönsterås (in Swedish pronounced as /mœnstɛrˈoːs/)[2] is a locality and the seat of Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 6,352 inhabitants in 2012.

Mönsterås is associated with the Swedish poet Carl Boberg, particularly his 1885 writing of the lyrics for the eminent hymn "O Store Gud" (or "How Great Thou Art" by its common English title).

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. www.scb.se . 27 January 2012 . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 18.