 boxholm municipality (boxholms kommun) is a municipality in ÃstergÃ¶tland county in southeast sweden. its seat is located in the industrial town of boxholm. the present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (kÃ¶ping) boxholm (itself instituted in 1947) was amalgamated with sÃ¶dra gÃ¶string and a parish (rinna) from the dissolved municipality of folkunga. ==localities== *boxholm (seat) *strÃ¥lsnÃ¤s ==history== the earliest human traces are from the stone age, circa 8000 bc. from some later times, the nordic bronze age, are several remains such as cists and gravefields. and from the viking age, 
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