Jönköping, Sweden, is a city in southern Sweden with 61,559 inhabitants (2013). It is situated at the southern end of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern. It gained the status of a city in 1284 because of its location on a trade route. In the summer of 1984 I was on a train that pulled into the main station and came to a halt. I pulled the window down and looked out as people got on and off. The train was headed to Goteborg, where I'd then board a ferry and sail across the straits to Denma...