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Kinna is a
locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...
and the seat of
Mark Municipality Mark Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the center of Kinna town. The municipality was created through the Municipal Reform Act of 1971 by the amalgamation of eig ...
,
Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. It had 14,776 inhabitants in 2010. Kinna is located south of
Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 114,556 inhabitants in 2024. It is widely known for being a textile city, home to worldwide brands and companie ...
and south east of
Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
. The original Kinna has grown together with surrounding
Skene Skene may refer to: * Skene, Aberdeenshire, a community in North East Scotland, United Kingdom * Skene, Mississippi, an unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States * Skene, Sweden, a village now part of Kinna, Sweden * Skene (automobil ...
and
Örby Örby is a residential area in Söderort, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It has an area of 159 hectares and 4,720 inhabitants. History Örby got its name from the Örby Manor (''Örby slott''), as does the neighbouring residential area of à ...
making up the present locality.


People from Kinna

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Jonas Jerebko Jonas Jerebko (; born March 2, 1987) is a Swedish professional basketball player who last played for the Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He was selected as the 39th overall pick in the second round of the 2009 NBA ...
, professional
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player, second Swedish-born player to ever be selected in the
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Michael Jernberg Kennet Michael Jernberg (born January 6, 1963) is a former rallycross driver from Kinna, Sweden. Career Jernberg made his debut in the European Rallycross Championship (ERX) in 1991, driving an ex-Stig Blomqvist Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth in Di ...
, rallycross driver *
Mor Kerstin i Stämmemand-Kinna Kerstin Andersdotter (1774–1852), known as Mor Kerstin i Stämmemand-Kinna (Mother Kerstin of Stämmemand-Kinna), was a Swedish textile industrialist. She was an important figure within the Swedish textile industry, managing a major cotton indu ...
* Oskar Palmquist, playing for
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Basketball Team * Gabriella Quevedo


References

{{authority control Populated places in Mark Municipality Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County Swedish municipal seats