The government had requested the inhabitants of both Nora and the adjacent town Lindesberg to move together into a newly chartered city called Järle.

However, the government proved unsuccessful, and instead granted both Nora and Lindesberg independent charters at that year.

Eksjö and Hjo are two other examples, and they have together with Nora initiated a wooden-town development project.

Anna Maria Lenngren, a Swedish poet, once proclaimed "Så liten stad, så mycket smak" (Such small town, so much taste).

The first normal gauge railway in Sweden was opened to the public in 1856 between Nora and Ervalla.