Alvesta is a municipality in southern Sweden, in the county of Kronoberg. The municipality covers an area of 974.8 km². Of the total population of 18916, 9579 are male, and 9337 are female. The population density of the community is 19 inhabitants per km².
... to travel to Molokai to help the lepers who had virtually nothing to keep them warm or fed. After twelve years of ministering to the patients at the leper colony ...