Lessebo Municipality

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**Lessebo Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Lessebo in eastern Kronoberg County Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:.jpg
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Lessebo
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	County	Kronoberg County
	Province	Smalandia
	Area Rank	414 km² 196th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	8,198 x of 290
	Population density	19.77/km²

Lessebo Municipality is a Municipality in eastern Kronoberg County, in southern Sweden where the town Lessebo (pop. 2,500) is seat.

Lessebo is best known for the manufacture of glassware. It is located in Sweden's so-called Glasriket (Realm of Glass), which also includes the municipalities of Uppvidinge, Emmaboda and Nybro. The main glassblower company in Lessebo is Kosta Boda, established in 1742 as "Kosta". They offer instruction for students wanting to learn the field.

Besides the glass industry, Lessebo also has a manufacturer of handmade paper which was established in 1693, today an exclusive product mainly used for finer documents.

In its history, Lessebo still honours the Swedish emigration in the late 19th century, whereby many poor farmers from Sweden – many of them from Smalandia – emigrated to the U.S. When Vilhelm Moberg wrote his acclaimed novels about this time, he located his main characters' home to the parish of Ljuder in eastern Lessebo. A honorary Walk of the Emigrants also stretches through the municipality and continues to Karlshamn in the south.