Ekholmen is a city district in the south of
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 ...
, Sweden. The area was built in the early 1970s, on land belonging mainly to the farming estates Blästad and Ekholmen, and is located in Landeryd Parish.
The area has a shopping mall called Ekholmen center. Outside of the mall, St. Hans Church (consecrated 1973) is located. Fun SkatePark is located at the area's secondary school, Ekholmsskolan.
Ekholmen's residential parts are composed of both high-rise apartments and small houses. Ekholmen was part of the
Million Programme
The Million Programme ( sv, Miljonprogrammet) was an ambitious public housing program implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to ensure the availability of affordable, high quality housing t ...
, which is the Swedish Project Areas built in 1965-1975.
Ekholmen borders to the districts
Johannelund,
Hjulsbro,
Ullstämma,
Vidingsjö and
Berga
Berga () is the capital of the ''comarca'' (county) of Berguedà, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered by the municipalities of Cercs, Olvan, Avià, Capolat and Castellar del Riu.
History
Berga derives its name from ...
.
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Geography of Linköping