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{{short description|Place in Småland, Sweden}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Vimmerby
|image_skyline          = Vimmerby, den 23 juni 2008, bild 19.jpg
|image_caption          = Vimmerby in June 2008
|image_shield           = Vimmerby.png
|pushpin_map            = Sweden Kalmar#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position = 
|subdivision_type       = [[Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Sweden]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Vimmerby Municipality]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Kalmar County]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Sweden|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Småland]]
|established_title3     = [[City status in Sweden|Charter]]
|established_date3      = 14th century
|area_footnotes         = <ref name=scb>{{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km<sup>2</sup> 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]] |language=sv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 }}</ref>
|area_total_km2         = 7.56
|population_as_of       = 31 December 2010
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=scb />
|population_total       = 10,934<!-- This is the official figure from Statistics Sweden (Statistiska centralbyrån). -->
|population_density_km2 = 1050
|timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
|utc_offset             = +1
|timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|57|40|N|15|51|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|blank_name             = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
|blank_info             = [[Oceanic climate|Cfb]]
|website                = 
}}
'''Vimmerby''' ({{audio|sv-Vimmerby.ogg|<small>pronunciation</small>|help=no}}) is a [[city status in Sweden|city]] and the seat of [[Vimmerby Municipality]], [[Kalmar County]], [[Sweden]] with 10,934 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb />

== Overview ==
[[Stångån]] is a small river running through the city.

Vimmerby had its charter as early as the fourteenth century. The main street, ''Storgatan'', still has the shape in which it was built in the medieval time. There are also many old wooden houses in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.vimmerby.com/om/om-vimmerby/vimmerbys-historia/
|title =   Vimmerbys Historia|website=   vimmerby.com|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>

Vimmerby is currently a tourist attraction due to historical links with Swedish author [[Astrid Lindgren]] (1907–2002). The [[Astrid Lindgren's World]] is a [[theme park]] for children that has themes from her books and is visited by fans from around the world. When Astrid Lindgren wrote her books about the country boy [[Emil i Lönneberga|Emil of Lönneberga]] she used much information from her own upbringing in the rural areas of Vimmerby.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20020218/27740-astrid-lindgren-1907-2002.html  |title =   Astrid Lindgren, 1907-2002 |website=   publishersweekly.com|access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.visitsmaland.se/en/experiences/kids-and-family/astrid-lindgrens-world |title =   Astrid Lindgren’s World in Vimmerby|website=   visitsmaland.se |access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>

Another well-known person from Vimmerby is [[Sweden men's national football team|Swedish record international]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] [[Thomas Ravelli]].

[[Gösta Holmér|Gosta Holmer]], A Decathlete, is also from Vimmerby

==Vimmerby Church==
Vimmerby Church (''Vimmerby kyrka'') was built in 1854-1855. The church is built in a neoclassical style with a church tower to the west.
The baptismal font is carved in granite and dates from around the year 1200.  The pulpit was made in 1713 by the sculptor Olof Jonasson Wiström (1666- 1720). The altarpiece was added in 1877 and was painted by artist Sven Alfred Thörne  (1850-1916).
<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=8231 |title =   Sven Alfred Thörne|website=  athenaeum.org   |access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/vimmerby/vimemrby-kyrka|title =   Vimmerby kyrka |website= svenskakyrkan.se   |access-date=December 1, 2019}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
Rådhuset, Vimmerby 02.jpg|City Hall
Stadshotellet i Vimmerby 02.jpg|Vimmerby Stadshotell
Torget i Vimmerby.JPG|Stora torget
Storgatan, Vimmerby 01.jpg|Storgatan
Vimmerby kyrka 08.JPG|Vimmerby Church
</gallery>

==Sports==
The following sports clubs are located in Vimmerby:

* [[Vimmerby IF]]                                                                                                                                                              

==Twin towns — sister cities==
The following cities are [[town twinning|twinned]] with Vimmerby:
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*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fargo, North Dakota|Fargo]], [[North Dakota]], [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityoffargo.com/CityInfo/|title=About Our City|publisher=City of Fargo|access-date=2010-03-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305054621/http://www.cityoffargo.com/CityInfo/|archive-date=2010-03-05}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|LIT}} [[Joniškis]], Lithuania<ref>{{cite web|title=International Relations|url=http://www.joniskis.lt/International%20relations%20713|work=joniskis.lt|access-date=29 April 2014}}</ref>
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Vimmerby}}
* [http://www.vimmerby.se/ Vimmerby Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.astridlindgrensworld.com/ Astrid Lindgren's World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050923213553/http://www.astridlindgrensworld.com/ |date=2005-09-23 }} - Theme Park

{{Localities in Vimmerby Municipality}}
{{Kalmar County}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Vimmerby Municipality]]
[[Category:Municipal seats of Kalmar County]]
[[Category:Swedish municipal seats]]