Of historical significance is that the botanist Carl von Linné was born and grew up in the parish of Stenbrohult in the early 18th century.

Today, the estate on which he was born and lived his first months has been turned into a museum at Råshult and is still surrounded by the same meadows and fields as 300 years ago.

Allegedly, the area has a variety of different specimens of plants, likely to trigger the interest of a botanical minded youngster.

The first IKEA store was opened in Älmhult by Ingvar Kamprad, who grew up in the municipality.

This is a demographic table based on Älmhult Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.