VAXJO

city and capital of the administrative ln (county) of Kronoberg, southern Sweden, on Vxjsjn (lake). The city was a medieval trading centre; it was burned several times by the Danes, and most of the present buildings were built after 1843. Today Vxj is a railway junction and a manufacturing centre producing matches, furniture, and paper. Vxj has a cathedral and is the seat of a Lutheran bishopric. In 1716 the botanist Carolus Linnaeus studied at the cathedral school. Near the cathedral is a monument to Esaias Tegnr, the poet, who was bishop of Vxj from 1824 to 1846. The Smland Museum (1867) contains fine displays of glassware and textiles. Pop. (1991 est.) mun., 69,547.