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Huskvarna (old spelling Husqvarna) is the eastern part of the city of Jönköping, the main town of the municipality of the same name, in southern Sweden. It has a population of around 21,500 inhabitants.
The town is located on the shores of Lake Vättern, at a distance of 5 km east of the center of Jönköping.
Its history dates back to 1689, when King Charles XI of Sweden ordered the construction of a musket factory on the banks of the Huskvarna River, which currently manufactures engines and devices such as chainsaws, brushcutters, tractors, lawnmowers, or motorcycles (as such). quality, which have won countless awards), called Husqvarna or Huskvarna.
Between 1911 and 1970 it used to be a city municipality of its own. It grew geographically together with Jönköping in the 1950s. With the reform of the local government in 1971, it is also administratively part of the municipality of Jönköping.
The river water was used to build a hydroelectric power station where a population nucleus of the workers was created, thus, the name of Huskvarna comes from "hus" (in Swedish, house) and "kvarn" (mill).
The IFF (International Floorball Federation) was founded in Huskvarna in 1986.
Coordinates: 57 ° 48'N 14 ° 16'E / 57,800, 14,267
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