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Mönsterås
Mönsterås
Mönsterås
Mönsterås is located in Kalmar
Mönsterås
Mönsterås
Location in Kalmar
Mönsterås is located in Sweden
Mönsterås
Mönsterås
Location in Sweden
Country Sweden
Province Småland
County Kalmar County
Municipality Mönsterås Municipality
Area
 • Total 4.10 km2 (1.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 5,186
 • Density 1,154/km2 (2,990/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Mönsterås (Swedish pronunciation: [mœnstɛrˈoːs]) is a locality and the seat of Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 6,352 inhabitants in 2012.

Mönsterås is associated with the Swedish poet Carl Boberg, particularly his 1885 writing of the lyrics for the eminent hymn "O Store Gud" (or "How Great Thou Art" by its common English title).

Mönsterås around 1900
Postcard from around 1905 depicting the centre of Mönsterås
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