Bjärred (, outdatedly ) is a coastal

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situated in

Lomma Municipality Lomma Municipality () is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden, about 10 km north of Malmö. Its seat is located in Lomma with secondary locality Bjärred being of almost equal population size. The present municipality was crea ...

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. It is situated about 20 km north of

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, 10 km west of

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and 5 km north of

Lomma Lomma () is a locality and the seat of Lomma Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. In 2020 it had 13,772 inhabitants. History Lomma was mentioned in a deed of Cnut the Great under the name ''Lumaby'' in the year 1085. Skåne's cultural centre at ...

village. With 9,874 inhabitants in 2016, it is the second largest locality in Lomma Municipality and accounts for around 41% of its inhabitants. Bjärred largely serves as a

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and

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
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. Among the sights in the town is the open-air swimming-baths, situated 500 meters out on the jetty ''Långa bryggan''.

History

The name Bjärred is thought to come from the Danish word ''bjerg'', which means height or hill, and may refer to the height at which the settlement appears when viewed from the sea. The town grew up as a seaside resort for the nearby city of

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
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during the 1800s. The construction of an 11-km long railway between Lund and Bjärred began in 1899, and the railway opened for traffic on July 27, 1901. The railway was electrified in 1916, however, it did not prove commercially successful and closed on June 15, 1939, with the rails being removed in 1940. The population of Bjärred has grown strongly since the mid-1900s, from 864 residents in 1960 to 9,874 residents in 2010.

Geography

The settlement can be divided into four areas: Löddesnäs in the north-west, Borgeby in the north, Centrum in the central part of the town and Gamla Bjärred and Haboljung in the south. A large yard named Bjerehof within the settlement has given its name to the eponymous dwelling area in central Bjärred, along with a school and sports hall. What is now the central part of Bjärred was formally Högsäters orchard, founded by Eric Jungquist in the beginning of the 1920s. Along the beach in Löddesnäs in north Bjärred there is a nature reserve whose main feature is the 10–15 m high wall, Littorinavallen, which runs parallel to the beach. Above the wall in an meadow named Gyllins meadow, after the owner of a large part of Bjärred in the 1900s. The river Lödde å runs into the Öresund north of Bjärred, where there is also a bird-watching tower. The village has a shallow beach on the Öresund, with bathing jetty which, at 524 m, is one of the longest in Sweden. During 2004 an outdoor baths opened at the end of the jetty, which also houses a restaurant.

Sports

The handball club HK Ankaret is located within Bjärred, and is one of the most successful youth handball clubs in Sweden. As of the 2016-2017 season the team plays in Division 1. Lomma-Bjärreds Tennis Klubb (LBTK) is a tennis club formed in 1956. It has produced several well-known players such as Caroline Magnusson and

Henrik Sundström Henrik Sundström (born 29 February 1964) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He is nicknamed Henke. Sundström was at his best on clay and achieved his strongest results on this surface, with his solid and heavy topspin gr ...

. Professional football players Patrik "Bjärred" Andersson and his brother Daniel Andersson both played in the local team

Bjärred IF Bjärred (, outdatedly ) is a coastal locality situated in Lomma Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. It is situated about 20 km north of Malmö, 10 km west of Lund and 5 km north of Lomma village. With 9,874 inhabitants in 2016, it ...

Notable natives

Patrik Andersson Patrik Jonas Andersson (; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to ...

, former football player in the

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* Daniel Andersson, football player in the

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, singer *

Li Pamp Li Marlene Pamp (born Carlström, 4 August 1972 in Malmö) is a Swedish television presenter and expert on antiquities. Pamp was born in Malmö and grew up in Bjärred in Skåne and later moved to Saltsjöbaden in Stockholm. She studied art scienc ...

Sanna Persson Susanna "Sanna" Persson Halapi (born 18 August 1974 in Kävlinge, Sweden) is a Swedish comedian and actress. Persson began her career as a comedian in a Lund student comedy ensemble. She belonged to the first generation of the female ensemble ...

, actress * Pär Sandå, entrepreneur *

Henrik Stenson Henrik Olof Stenson (; born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer. In the late 1990s, Stenson turned pro and had much success on the European Tour, winning a number of events in the 2000s. In 2009, Stenson won the PGA Tour's flagship eve ...

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, tennis player

References

''This article contains content translated from the Swedish Wikipedia article at :sv:Bjärred.''

External links

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