Nybro Municipality

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**Nybro Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Nybro in western Kalmar County Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Nybro
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	County	Kalmar County
	Province	Småland
	Area Rank	1,177 km² 83rd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	19,881 x of 290
	Density	17/km²

Nybro Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden with its seat in the town of Nybro (pop. 12,000).

The name Nybro literally means New Bridge. When the city arms were granted in 1932, the lower part depict a bridge. The upper part depict crossbows, but it is uncertain why.

The municipality was inhabited by a few houndred people until the railways came in the late 19th century, and the town Nybro was in its location between Kalmar on the east coast and Gothenburg on the west coast; later also on the railway from Kalmar and Malmö in the south-west. Until then Nybro mostly consisted of minor industries, marked by its traditionally Smalandian forest nature, largely unsuitable for any agriculture. The most notable were a match factory; apart from that Nybro was also the easternmost part of the Glasriket, the Realm of Glass, that covers a total of four municipalities and has had many glass blowers, most notably Orrefors, Emmaboda and Kosta Boda.