Mölndal Municipality (, semi-officially ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Västra Götaland in western Sweden, just south of

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. Its seat is located in Mölndal, which lies within the Gothenburg urban area, and the whole municipality is part of Metropolitan Gothenburg. In 1911 a ''municipalsamhälle'' (a kind of

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within a rural municipality, handling matters of urban character) named Mölndal was instituted in the municipality of Fässberg. In 1922 Fässberg was made the ''City of Mölndal''. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Kållered and Lindome (the latter transferred from

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). At the same time it became a municipality of unitary type, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itself ''Mölndals stad'' (''City of Mölndal'') as a semi-official name whenever legally possible. This usage has no effect on the status of the municipality.

Localities

The municipality has four main parts: Mölndal,

Kållered Kållered is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and a township situated in Mölndal Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 7,456 inhabitants in 2010. Geographically, Kållered is mainly a Dell (landform), dell, surrounded by ridges and ...

, Lindome and Hällesåker. * Mölndal has 37,131 inhabitants (a part of the contiguous Gothenburg urban area) *Kållered has 7,257 inhabitants *Lindome has 13,364 inhabitants *Hällesåker has 900 inhabitants Numbers from 2003.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Mölndal Municipality's electoral districts in the

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 69,838 residents, including 51,607 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.5% voted for the left coalition and 50.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sights of interest

* Gunnebo House from the 18th century. * Fässberg Church from the 19th century

Notable residents

Lars Leksell Lars Leksell (24 November 1907 – 12 January 1986) was a Swedish physician and professor of Neurosurgery at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the inventor of radiosurgery. Life and career Lars Leksell was born in Fässberg Pa ...

(1907–1986),

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and

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Sister cities

As of September 2023, Mölndal has no twin cities.

References

External links

*
Mölndal Municipality
– Official site

– From

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