Berga is a city district in

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, located in the southern part of the city. The river Tinnerbäcken runs through Berga. Berga has a center with a grocery, hairdresser, cafe, pizzeria, sushi, betting shop, clinic, dental services and pharmacy. There is also Berga church that has a circular architecture. The district is known and appreciated for its urban design with nearby nature. There are plans to add more buildings in central parts of Berga. About 80% of the buildings were built in the 1960s as part of the

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. In Berga, there are about 6000 inhabitants, of whom approximately 34.2% were foreign-born (2009), and an unemployment rate of around 12%. Berga was a country estate the main building of which dates from the 1800s and is known as Berga castle. From its front porch, there is a clear view to Linköping Cathedral. The farm was held by Anton Ridderstad, founder of

Östergötland County Museum Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...

, who died in 1933 and is one of Linköping major donors. On an adjacent hill Ridderstad created a sculpture park. There, one finds among other things, Alfred Nyström's

Moder Svea Mother Svea or ''Mother Swea'' (Swedish language, Swedish: ''Moder Svea'') is the female National personification, personification of Sweden and a national emblem, patriotic emblem of the Swedish nation. Background Mother Svea is normally depi ...

. In Berga, or Österberga, school activities at secondary level were conducted until the end of summer vacation 2009. The students had since 2005 gradually been moved to Bäckskolan, Ånestadskolan, Ekholmsskolan, Berzeliusskolan, and Rydskolan depending on where they lived. Bergaskolan's Asperger class moved to Berzeliusskolan. Berga school has now been demolished and the land has become a flat grassland with occasional traces. The nicely located and area close to nature is now to be developed with houses. Riksbyggen plans to build "BRF Riddarsporren", 46 apartments of 2-6 rooms. It consists partly of an apartment building, which is a building type that has started to appear recently in the otherwise lowly built Berga. In addition, HSB plans to build "Berga Park" with 90 condominiums. Construction was set to start in 2008 but only began in January 2011. Districts adjoining Berga are

Johannelund Johannelund is a city district with more than 5000 inhabitants in the south of Linköping. Johannelund is adjoining the districts Tannefors, Hackefors, Hjulsbro, Berga, Ekholmen, Vimanshäll and Hejdegården. Johannelund consists of the followi ...

Ekholmen Ekholmen is a city district in the south of Linköping, Sweden. The area was built in the early 1970s, on land belonging mainly to the farming estates Blästad and Ekholmen, and is located in Landeryd Parish. The area has a shopping mall called ...

Ramshäll Ramshäll is a city district in Linköping. The buildings consist mostly of apartment buildings with a very high proportion of small dwellings. Villa area in the northeastern part of Ramshäll, with houses from the turn of the century onwards, i ...

, Vimanshäll,

Ekkällan

Ekkällan is a city district of Linköping, Sweden. In 2000 ...

and

Vidingsjö Vidingsjö is a city district in the south of Linköping, Sweden with a population of 4,297 persons (2010). The buildings consist mainly of single-family homes built in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. There is a fitness center, a pizzeria and one supermar ...

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