Borensberg () is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

situated in

Motala Municipality Motala Municipality (''Motala kommun'') is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Motala. In 1971 Motala Municipality was formed by the amalgamation of the ''City of Motala'' with some of t ...

Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or ''län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the n ...

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 ...

with 2,886 inhabitants in 2010. It is located 15 km east of

Motala Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. M ...

next to the Göta kanal and lake Boren, and has some factories including the plastic sheet manufacturer Arla Plast.

History

The original name of the town was Husbyfjöl, as which it was first mentioned 17 April 1307. It is known to have been the place of a bridge on the

Skänninge Skänninge () is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,140 inhabitants in 2010. It lies about 10 km north of the municipal seat Mjölby. Before the local government reform in 1971 the ''City of S ...

Örebro Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...

road since former times. It is known to have hosted a pub during the reign of queen

Christina of Sweden Christina ( sv, Kristina, 18 December ( New Style) 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death ...

. The building of

Göta Canal The Göta Canal ( sv, Göta kanal) is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. The canal is long, of which were dug or blasted, with a width varying between and a maximum depth of about .Uno Svedin, Britt Hägerhäll Anianss ...

had a major impact on the town. Borensberg municipality was formed in 1952 through a merger of Brunneby, Klockrike och Kristberg municipalities. This area has been part of Motala municipality since 1971.

Events

Husbyfjöl market is held annually, on the first Saturday of September.

Transportation

Busses to and from Borensberg include Östgötatrafiken's line 520, 52, 53 (

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

- Motala) and 51 (Linköping - Borensberg).

Linköping/Saab Airport Linköping/Saab Airport , branded as ''Linköping City Airport'', is situated in Linköping, Sweden. The airport is shared between civil aviation and Saab. Airlines and destinations Statistics See also * List of the largest airports in the N ...

is the closest commercial airport, roughly 35 minutes away.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Borensberg: *

Kristbergs IF Kristbergs IF is a Swedish football club located in Borensberg. Background Kristbergs IF currently plays in Division 4 Östergötland Västra which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Kristberg IP in Borens ...

* Borensbergs IF * Tjällmo-Godegårds OK * Borensbergs IBC

References

{{authority control Populated places in Östergötland County Populated places in Motala Municipality