Things to see and do Jönköping

In 1844 the brothers Johan and Carl Lundström invented matches in Jönköping. The first production was phosphorus matches, but it was not until 1853 that matches as we know them today began to be produced, following an invention by the chemist Gustav Erik Pasch. This museum retraces the modern history of matches, as well as the way they were made, and exhibits boxes, models, books... since their invention.

There are exhibitions of local artists, as well as a permanent exhibition dedicated to John Bauer, an early ^20th century painter born in Jönköping. He became famous for his drawings in the Christmas books Bland Tomtar och Troll between 1907 and 1915. Much of his work depicts a fairy-tale world filled with trolls and elves. He died at the age of 35, when a ferry sank in Lake Vättern. A very nice museum in the region.