Klippan (Gothenburg)
Klippan may refer to: *Klippan, Scania, a town within the Klippan Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden, *Klippan Municipality, a municipality in Skåne County, Sweden *Klippan (Gothenburg), a district of Gothenburg, Sweden *Klippan (sofa) Klippan (stylised as KLIPPAN, Swedish: the cliff) is a model of sofa manufactured and sold by IKEA. IKEA's nomenclature conventions name upholstered furniture after places in Sweden. The Klippan sofa is named after Klippan Municipality in Souther ...

Klippan, Scania
Klippan (literally ''the Cliff'', old da, Klippen) is a locality and the seat of Klippan Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 8,116 inhabitants in 2010. The famous liberal economist Bertil Ohlin Bertil Gotthard Ohlin () (23 April 1899 – 3 August 1979) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal ... was a native of Klippan. On September 1995, a young man named Gerard Gbeyo had been murdered by 2 Nazi sympathizers. https://bra.se/download/18.cba82f7130f475a2f1800028346/1371914734873/2000_manifestations_of_racism.pdf Sports The following sports clubs are located in Klippan: * Klippans FF References Populated places in Klippan Municipality Populated places in Skåne County Municipal seats of Skåne County Swedish municipal seats {{Skåne-geo-stub ...
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Klippan Municipality
Klippan Municipality ( sv, Klippans kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Klippan. The municipality was created in 1974 through the amalgamation of the market town Klippan (itself instituted in 1945) with the rural municipality of ''Riseberga'' and part of ''Östra Ljungby''. Söderåsen National Park is partly situated within the municipality. Localities There were five localities in the municipality in 2018. Buildings The Church of St. Peter, designed by Sigurd Lewerentz Sigurd Lewerentz (29 July 1885 – 29 December 1975) was a Swedish architect. Biography Lewerentz was born at Sandö in the parish of Bjärtrå in Västernorrland County, Sweden. He was the son of Gustaf Adolf Lewerentz and Hedvig Mathild ..., was completed in 1966. References External links *Klippan Municipality- Official site Municipalities of Skåne County {{Skåne-geo-stub ...
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Klippan (Gothenburg)
Klippan may refer to: *Klippan, Scania, a town within the Klippan Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden, *Klippan Municipality, a municipality in Skåne County, Sweden *Klippan (Gothenburg), a district of Gothenburg, Sweden *Klippan (sofa) Klippan (stylised as KLIPPAN, Swedish: the cliff) is a model of sofa manufactured and sold by IKEA. IKEA's nomenclature conventions name upholstered furniture after places in Sweden. The Klippan sofa is named after Klippan Municipality in Souther ...

Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 590,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony, by royal charter in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the ongoing Thirty Years' War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the Göta älv, where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries. Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes ...
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