Sävsjö

• Official Name — Sävsjö • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Sweden • Subdivision Type3 — Municipality • Subdivision Name3 — Sävsjö Municipality • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Jönköping County • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Småland • Area Total Km2 — 4.39 • Population As Of — 31 December 2010 • Population Total — 5,122 • Population Density Km2 — 1166 • Timezone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2

Sävsjö is located on the main line railway between Stockholm and Malmö. The distance to Malmö is about 220 kilometers.

Sävsjö regards the date 1 October 1864, as the start of its current history, because it was then that the train station Sävsjö was inaugurated. At that time Sävsjö was nothing more than a few houses, but attracted by the railway it began expanding, attracting both industries and inhabitants. The settlement with its then 1.56 square kilometres had 1,481 people in 1917 at which time several small industries had established themselves there, most notably carpenters and other wood industries, and there was also a bank, a pharmacy and a post office. In 1947 the rural municipalities Norra Ljunga and Vallsjö in which the settlement was situated were combined and formed the City of Sävsjö. Since the local government reform of 1971 Sävsjö is the seat of the much larger Sävsjö Municipality.

The handball club Sävsjö HK has won the Swedish women's Championship 6 times in the 1990's, but do not play at elite level any longer.

• Eilert Ekwall (1877–1964), Swedish scholar of the English language, born in the hamlet of Vallsjö in present-day Sävsjö • Jonas Bronck (1600–1643), namesake of the borough The Bronx, New York City, born in the hamlet of Komstad outside of present-day Sävsjö • Sam Weihagen (born 1950), travel group executive