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Torpa (district)
Torpa is an officially defined district in Gothenburg, Sweden, which belongs to Härlanda. It consists of the traditional districts Torpa and Fräntorp Fräntorp is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Härlanda borough. Gallery File:Entrance to Frantorpsgrottan from W VastraGotaland Sweden 26May2020.jpg, Entrance to the Fräntorp cave on May 26, 2020. File:Beech forest W Franto .... The district consists mostly of apartment blocks built in the 1940s designed by architect Nils Einar Eriksson. External links https://web.archive.org/web/20070904004348/http://www.arch.chalmers.se/projekt/sar/html/48-1126.html Gothenburg {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Härlanda
Härlanda is one of the 21 ''stadsdelsnämndsområden'' (roughly "city district committee areas") of Gothenburg Municipality in Sweden, situated to the east of the city centre. To the east of Härlanda lies Partille Municipality, and to the south Härryda Municipality. In Gothenburg Municipality it borders Örgryte to the west and Kortedala to the north, across the stream Säveån. It is largely a middle-class, residential area and mostly consists of apartment blocks built before 1960. Geography Härlanda borough is composed of four officially defined residential districts: * Björkekärr, which is based on the traditional district with the same name * Härlanda, which consists of parts of the traditional districts Kålltorp and Vidkärr. * Kålltorp, which includes most of the traditional district with the same name. * Torpa, which consists of the traditional districts of Torpa, Fräntorp and parts of Vidkärr. Demographics Härlanda has approximately 20 000 inhabitants, di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fräntorp
Fräntorp is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ... which belongs to Härlanda borough. Gallery File:Entrance to Frantorpsgrottan from W VastraGotaland Sweden 26May2020.jpg, Entrance to the Fräntorp cave on May 26, 2020. File:Beech forest W Frantorpsgatan VastraGotaland Sweden 31May2020.jpg, Dense beech forest in the western part of Fräntorp on May 31, 2020. File:Stone quarry W Frantorpsgatan VastraGotaland Sweden 31May2020.jpg, Modern-day stone quarry in the western part of Fräntorp on May 31,2020. File:View from W Frantorp towards Gamlestan Vastra Gotaland Sweden May29 2020.jpg, View towards Gamlestan from hill in the western part of Fräntorp on May 29, 2020. Gothenburg Populated places in Västra Götaland County {{Và ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Einar Eriksson
Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989), Swedish Army lieutenant general *Nils Dacke (died 1543), Swedish rebel *Nils-Joel Englund (1907–1995), Swedish cross-country skier *Nils Ericson (1802–1870), Swedish inventor and engineer *Nils Frahm (born 1982), German pianist and producer *Nils Frykdahl, American musician * Nils Gründer (born 1997), German politician *Nils Hald (1897–1963), Norwegian actor * Nils Haßfurther (born 1999), German basketball player * Nils-Göran Holmqvist (born 1943), Swedish politician *Nils Kreicbergs (born 1996), Latvian handball player *Nils Liedholm (1922–2007), Swedish footballer and coach *Nils Lofgren (born 1951), American musician * Nils Lorens Sjöberg (1754-1822), Swedish officer and poet *Nils Mittmann (born 1979), German basketball p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
