Gemla
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Gemla
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|pushpin_map = Sweden Kronoberg#Sweden
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|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 = {{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 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 }}
|area_total_km2 = 2.41
|population_as_of = 31 December 2010
|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}}
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Gemla ({{IPA|sv|ˈjɛ̂mːla|-|sv-Gemla.ogg}}){{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}} is a locality situated in Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 1,342 inhabitants in 2010. 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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