Mönsterås
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Mönsterås
|image_skyline = Monsteras vom hafen.jpg
|image_caption = Mönsterås
|pushpin_map = Sweden Kalmar#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Sweden
|subdivision_type3 = Municipality
|subdivision_name3 = Mönsterås Municipality
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Kalmar 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|website=www.scb.se |archivedate=27 January 2012 |accessdate=10 January 2012 |df= }}
|area_total_km2 = 4.10
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 5186
|population_density_km2 = 1154
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|02|N|16|27|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
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Mönsterås ({{IPA|sv|mœnstɛrˈoːs}}){{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0022.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=18}} is a locality and the seat of Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 6,352 inhabitants in 2012.
Mönsterås is associated with the Swedish poet Carl Boberg, particularly his 1885 writing of the lyrics for the eminent hymn "O Store Gud" (or "How Great Thou Art" by its common English title).
Image:Mönsterås around 1900.jpg{{clear}}
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Category:Coastal cities and towns in Sweden
Category:Municipal seats of Kalmar County
Category:Swedish municipal seats
Category:Populated places in Mönsterås Municipality
Category:Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea
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