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 ...

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, situated to the east of the city centre. To the east of Härlanda lies

Partille Municipality Partille Municipality (''Partille kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in Partille, which constitutes a part of the contiguously built-up Gothenburg urban area. The municipality is by area ...

, and to the south

Härryda Municipality Härryda Municipality (''Härryda kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mölnlycke, with about 19,000 inhabitants. Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Sweden's second-largest airpo ...

. 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

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, residential area and mostly consists of apartment blocks built before 1960.

Geography

Härlanda borough is composed of four officially defined residential

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s: * Björkekärr, which is based on the traditional district with the same name * Härlanda, which consists of parts of the traditional districts

Kålltorp Kålltorp is a district in Härlanda, 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 Geogr ...

and

Vidkärr Vidkärr or Munkebäck is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden that belongs to Härlanda borough. The district is demarcated by the districts Strömmensberg to the west, Torpa to the east, Kålltorp to the south (by Torpagatan) and by the road E2 ...

. * Kålltorp, which includes most of the traditional district with the same name. * Torpa, which consists of the traditional districts of Torpa,

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and parts of

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

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Brudaremossen masts The Brudaremossen mast ( sv, Brudaremossenmasten) is a ''Göteborgs-Posten'', 29 november 1995, p. 11, "Antennen är högst i stan"; Den är 330 meter hög, säger Tommy Rosenfors, chef för Stadsbyggnadskontorets arkiv. high mast in Delsjön in e ...

located in the Delsjön nature reserve.

Sports

Härlanda is home to the

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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 h ...

which currently plays in

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, the second highest league in Sweden.

External links

Official homepage of Härlanda borough
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