Post code: S-35...
Telephone code: 0470
Växjö lies at the north end of the lake of that name. It received its municipal charter in 1342 and is now chief town of Kronoberg county. There was a trading settlement here in the Iron Age and in Viking times, and the town's name comes from its situation at the
meeting place of trading routes (väg) on the lake (sjö). Växjö is home to two notable castles - Kronoberg Castle, completed in the 15th century and Teleborg Castle built 1900. It became a religious center in the 12th century, when its first church was built by St Sigfrid, a missionary from England. Within recent years Växjö has developed into an industrial town, with modern buildings and a wide range of recreational facilities.