Higher power prices and more passport applications

Customers can expect a more expensive winter, and 2.4 million Swedes need a new passport – Police in Jönköping are preparing for a massive surge in 2027. In central Jönköping, one of the last unbuilt plots may soon receive planning permission.

A more expensive winter is expected – here is how you can save

A more expensive winter than before is expected for electricity customers. Jönköpings-Posten reports that there are ways to maximize savings for both homeowners and apartment dwellers.

An electricity price analyst at Elskling says that you need to be proactive as a consumer, because there is money to be saved. The article also discusses how to think in terms of savings with a fixed versus variable electricity contract. Jönköpings-Posten

2.4 million Swedes need a new passport

2.4 million Swedes need a new passport when their current ones expire next year. That is around half a million more than during a normal year. The police in Jönköping are preparing for a massive surge in 2027.

When travel picked up again in 2022 after the pandemic, a very large number of Swedes applied for passports at roughly the same time. Jönköpings-Posten

Undeveloped plot in the centre – building permit can be applied for

Jupiter 13 is one of the last undeveloped plots in central Jönköping, and changing that has become a long-drawn-out process. Now, something may finally be under way. Willhem AB intends to apply for a building permit during the week, according to Sandra Kristof, land and development engineer at Jönköping Municipality (the local authority that, among other things, handles land and building permits). Willhem AB states this as its objective in an email.

In autumn 2022, the municipality awarded the housing company Willhem AB a land allocation east of Junegatan, where the company undertook to build 64 rental apartments distributed across three building blocks within 1.5 years. Jönköpings-Posten

How the county's companies fared

Several companies have now reported their latest annual accounts. Informationsbyggarna had turnover of approximately SEK 18 million, 3.5 percent lower than in the preceding period. The profit before tax is lower than in the preceding year, SEK 1.3 million compared with just over SEK 1.7 million.

Jönköpings Modelltillverkning had turnover of approximately SEK 51.5 million, 15.2 percent more than in 2024, and the profit before tax was approximately SEK 900,000 compared with approximately SEK 600,000. Alpnaering Sverige had turnover of approximately SEK 18.5 million, a decline of 0.7 percent, and a profit before tax of around SEK 550,000. Färsksallad GL has reported a loss for at least 5 consecutive years: turnover fell by 2.5 percent to approximately SEK 17.5 million, and the profit before tax is approximately minus SEK 2.9 million. Jönköpings-Posten Jönköpings-Posten Jönköpings-Posten Jönköpings-Posten

Wetterbygden lost at home to Fryshuset

Wetterbygden lost Sunday's home game in Superettan basketball against Fryshuset, 68–87. Jönköpings-Posten

In brief

• Around 600 HV71 supporters filled 10 buses to the away match in Malmö, despite HV71 having lost 10 of their latest 13 matches. SVT Nyheter Jönköping
• The crematorium in Värnamo offers 4 guided tours per day during All Saints’ Day weekend, and around 100 people visit the tours each year. SVT Nyheter Jönköping
• Jönköpings-Posten lists 36 Christmas markets in the Jönköping area during November and December, plus 10 popular markets in the rest of Småland. Jönköpings-Posten
• A single accident occurred on the E4 between Råslätt and Torsvik south of Jönköping overnight on Monday. Jönköpings-Posten
• 2 traffic accidents occurred over the weekend: on road 31 south of Jönköping early Sunday morning and on road 26 at Axamo late Saturday evening, where one person was taken to hospital. Jönköpings-Posten Jönköpings-Posten
• A man aged 65 died after an accident at the Novemberskölden rally competition outside Nässjö. SVT Nyheter Jönköping