Malexander

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Malexander

|image_skyline = Malexander kyrka.jpg

|image_caption = Malexander Church

|pushpin_map = Sweden Östergötland#Sweden

|pushpin_label_position =

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Sweden

|subdivision_type3 = Municipality

|subdivision_name3 = Boxholm Municipality

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Östergötland County

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Östergötland

|area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Småorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0811/2005A01/tabell12005.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=17 April 2009}}

|area_total_km2 = 0.25

|population_as_of = 31 December 2005

|population_footnotes =

|population_total = 75

|population_density_km2 = 296

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|58|02|N|15|17|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

|website =

}}

Malexander is a small village in Boxholm Municipality, Sweden, about {{convert|50|mi|km|order=flip}} southwest of Linköping and {{convert|17|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} southeast of Boxholm. It is located close to the lake Sommen and has a jetty where the steamboat S/S Boxholm II stops.{{cite web|url=http://www.boxholm2.com/boxholm2/BOXHOLM_2.html|title=S/S Boxholm II vedeldad ångbåt från 1904

|publisher=boxholm2.com|language=Swedish|accessdate=19 July 2019}} It is well known for the 1999 Police Murders.

History

There is evidence of a church in Malexander from at least the 13th century. The current church, Malexander Church, was built in 1881 and partly rebuilt following a fire in 1929.{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/folkungabygden/malexander-kyrka|title=Malexander Kyrka|publisher=Svenskakyrkan.se|accessdate=19 July 2019|language=Swedish}}

Malexander murders

{{main|Malexander murders}}

On 28 May 1999, one of the most high-profile murders in Sweden took place in Malexander when two police officers were executed following a bank robbery in Kisa.{{cite news |title=Bakgrund: Polismorden i Malexander |first=P. O. |last=Lindström |url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/bakgrund-polismorden-i-malexander_156474.svd |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |language=Swedish |date=28 July 2004 |accessdate=23 March 2012}}{{cite news |title=Fakta: Malexandermorden |first=Anna |last=Mattsson |url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/fakta-malexandermorden/ |newspaper=Expressen |language=Swedish |date=28 May 2007 |accessdate=23 March 2012}}

Notable people

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