Arlöv () is the seat of

Burlöv Municipality Burlöv Municipality (; ) is a municipality in Skåne County in South Sweden in southern Sweden, just north of Malmö. Its seat is located in Arlöv, a community which for geographical and statistical purposes is seen as a part of Malmö (''Malm ...

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, Sweden. It is statistically not defined as a

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of its own, but forms part of the contiguous city of

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, 5 km northeast of downtown Malmö. Out of Malmö's 344,000 inhabitants, 11,000 live in Arlöv. However, in the 1950s, a public vote took place, deciding once and for all that Burlöv Municipality would never be a part of Malmö.

Overview

Arlöv is known for its sugar industry, ''Sockerbolaget AB'' (owned by the Danish company

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). The town was also the home of the ''AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna'' (''Swedish Railway Works'') or ASJ, who in the 1970s also built several

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for

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, notably the Saab Sonett II and III.

Buildings

Arlöv Church dates from 1900 and is Neo-Gothic in style; it was built to accommodate the growing congregation. The former office building of Danisco Sugar was bought in 2008 by the

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who opened their new church, a so-called "''Ideal org''" there in 2009.

Sport

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venue known as the Arlövs Motorstadion existed in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s, it was the first speedway track in

. It ran speedway around the football pitch near the Hamngatan road.

Popular culture

Arlöv is mentioned in the song "''Hanna från Arlöv''" ("Hanna from Arlöv") by the 1970s Swedish band

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Notable people

Notable people from Arlöv include rock artist Kal P. Dal, footballer Pontus Jansson, and author Amanda Svensson.

References

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