Sävedalen is a

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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 area ...

. At west it borders to

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 ...

and is a

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Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

. The ice-cream 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 u ...

'' was founded and have their headquarters in Sävedalen.

History

Earlier the village Ugglum was located here. But when the

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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 Kin ...

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 is ...

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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Savedalen Populated places in Västra Götaland County