Härlanda is one of the 21
''stadsdelsnämndsområden'' (roughly "city district committee areas") of
Gothenburg Municipality
Gothenburg Municipality (''Göteborgs kommun'' or ''Göteborgs stad'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg.
When the first Swedish local government acts were implement ...
in
Sweden
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, 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
Kortedala is a district, mainly residential (apartments), in the north-eastern part of Gothenburg in western Sweden. The area has a population of around 10,000 and is one of the typical 1950s suburbs of Gothenburg. The area has many trees and park ...
to the north, across the stream
Säveån.
It is largely a
middle-class
The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status. The term has historically been associated with modernity, capitalism and political debate. Comm ...
, 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
KÃ¥lltorp and
Vidkärr.
* KÃ¥lltorp, 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, divided into 11 100 households, therefore a large proportion of the households are considered as small. Over 800 of the inhabitants are foreign citizens born abroad, and a further 130 are foreign citizens but born in Sweden. Almost 1500 inhabitants of Härlanda are first generation immigrants.
Places of interest
Härlanda Park
Härlanda Park is the new name for Härlanda Fängelse ''(Härlanda Prison)'', and the area surrounding it.
Härlanda Fängelse is a defunct prison in Härlanda borough, Gothenburg, Sweden. It is now home to, among other things, the local admi ...
is a defunct prison where the local administration resides. It is now a listed historical building.
Härlanda Tjärn Härlanda is one of the 21 Boroughs and districts of Gothenburg, ''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 Part ...
is during the summertime a popular place for sunbathing, and during the winter for
ice-skating.
Brudaremossen masts located in the Delsjön nature reserve.
Sports
Härlanda is home to the
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club
Qviding FIF
Qviding FIF is a Swedish football club located in Gothenburg. The club was formed October 1987 following a merger of the BK Qviding and Fräntorps IF clubs. Qviding FIF is currently playing in Division 1 Södra.
In recent years the club has had ...
which currently plays in
Superettan
Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...
, the second highest league in Sweden.
External links
Official homepage of Härlanda borough
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