Älvängen (earlier ''Elfängen'') is a

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situated in

Ale Municipality Ale Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nödinge-Nol, more precisely in Alafors at Ale Municipality was created in 1974, when the former municipalities of Nödinge, ...

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...

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. It had 4,196 inhabitants in 2010. It is located some north of

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. Among the churches of Älvängen are the

Älvängen Church Älvängen Church () is a church in Älvängen, Västergötland, Sweden. It belongs to Skepplanda-Hålanda parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. Älvängens Church is a modern church, built in 1970 by architect T. Hansson and manufactured by Öresj� ...

and the Starrkärr Church . Älvängen was the hometown of the painter and writer Ivar Arosenius. The football player

Pontus Dahlberg Pontus Jacob Ragne Dahlberg (born 21 January 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Club career On 31 January 2018, Dahlberg signed for Watford on a five-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclos ...

was born and raised in Älvängen. The ''P A Carlmarks rope factory'' was located to Älvängen. , there is a museum in the old factory locals that shows the rope productions in the early beginning of the 20th century. The museum also produced the rope for the

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Götheborg.

Notable people

* Martin "Rekkles" Larsson, professional ''

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'' player for Los Ratones (esport) *

, football player for

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References

External links

Webpage of the Rope Factory
Populated places in Ale Municipality {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub