
Municipality of Tomelilla, Scania, Sweden
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Municipality of Tomelilla
Tomelilla Municipality (Swedish: 'Tomelilla kommun') is a municipality in Skåne County in the Province of Scania in southern Sweden. The seat of the municipality is the town of Tomelilla. About 15,000 people reside in the municipality.
The Municipality
Like most every municipality in Sweden, the municipality of Tomelilla was formed through a series of amalgamations taking place in 1952, 1969 and 1971. The number of pre-1952 units making up the present municipality is twenty. Currently, the municipality of Tomelilla consists of seven units (with their population in 2018) as follows:
- Tomelilla (7,139)
- Brösarp (734)
- Onslunda (499)
- Smedstorp (377)
- Lunnarp (345)
- Skåne-Tranås (226)
- Spjutstorp (200)
On Tomelilla
Tomelilla Municipality was made famous by Tage Danielsson (1928–1985) and Hans Alfredsson (1931-), who directed and acted in numerous movies that were filmed in and around the town of Tomelilla, such as The Apple War (1972), Ägget är löst (1975), Picassos äventyr (1978), Den enfaldige mördaren (1982), P&B (1983) and Jim & piraterna Blom (1986).
If it wasn't for these movies and their popularity, Tomelilla would not have been more than a spot on the map. Quite a few famous people today own houses in the countryside surrounding Tomelilla. To mention a few: Hans Alfredson (director/actor), Gösta Ekman (actor), Ulf Lundell (singer), and Gudrun Schyman (left-wing feminist politician).
Tomelilla Municipality is additionally known for the amusement park Tosselilla Summer Park, quite possibly the most visited amusement park in the province, and the Hallamölla waterfall.A School in Tomelilla
As of 2020-05-09