Gemla

{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Gemla |image_skyline = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Sweden Kronoberg#Sweden |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Sweden |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = Växjö Municipality |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Kronoberg County |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Småland |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=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 2.41 |population_as_of = 31 December 2010 |population_footnotes = <ref name=scb /> |population_total = 1,342  |population_density_km2 = 556 |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coordinates = {{coord|56|52|N|14|38|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}} |website = }} '''Gemla''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈjɛ̂mːla|-|sv-Gemla.ogg}})<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0013.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=9}}</ref> is a locality situated in Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 1,342 inhabitants in 2010.<ref name=scb /> Gemla is known for the late poet and writer, Pär Lagerkvist, whose childhood memories of Gemla are vividly described in the novel autobiography {{ill|Gäst hos verkligheten|sv}} ''(Translates to "Guest of the reality")''.

The cyclist Gustav Larsson, who won a silver medal in the Olympics, comes from Gemla.

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Category:Populated places in Växjö Municipality