Sävedalen is a
district
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("kommundel") located in
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 are ...
. At west it borders to
Gothenburg Municipality and is a
suburb of
Gothenburg.
The
ice-cream
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company ''
Triumf Glass
TRIUMF is Canada's national particle accelerator centre. It is considered Canada's premier physics laboratory, and consistently regarded as one of the world's leading subatomic physics research centers. Owned and operated by a consortium of un ...
'' was founded and have their headquarters in Sävedalen.
History
Earlier the village Ugglum was located here. But when the
railway
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station was opened in 1917, it changed name to ''Sävedalen'' for avoiding confusion with
Ucklum
Ucklum is a locality situated in Stenungsund Municipality, Västra Götaland County, 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 Ki ...
.
Famous people
The comedian and tv-personality
Petra Mede
Petra Maria Mede (; born 7 March 1970) is a Swedish comedian, dancer, actress and television presenter. She was born in Stockholm, and grew up in Gothenburg. Mede is known for her several roles in comic shows and as a television presenter. She ...
grew up in Sävedalen.
Petra Mede leder Eurovision, www.partilletidning.se
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References and sources
External links
Eniro MapsInformation about Sävedalen on Wikimedia Commons
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Populated places in Västra Götaland County