Nydalahöjd, sometimes called Nydalahöjden, is a residential area in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

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. It is located next to the lake

Nydalasjön Nydalasjön, previously known as Tavlesjön, is a lake in Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is ...

, about outside the central city.

History

The name is derived from former governor Pehr Adam Stromberg's yard Nydala, which, however, was located further north than today's Nydalahöjd, on the northeastern edge of the current

Mariehem Mariehem is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden. It is located about 4 km outside the central city, next to the lake Nydalasjön. The area was built in the 1960s and consist primarily of rental apartments and condominium apartments. Sports The fo ...

. Nydalahöjd was built in the early 1990s by

AB Bostaden AB Bostaden is a municipally owned public housing company in Umeå Municipality. AB Bostaden is a subsidiary to Umeå kommunföretag AB, which in turn is owned by the Umeå Municipality. The company has a market share of about 45% of the housing ...

, a public housing company owned by

Umeå Municipality Umeå Municipality (, ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County. Administration The municipality is a ...

. The area consists of rental apartments and many of them are student apartments intended for students at

Umeå University Umeå University (; Ume Sami language, Ume Sami: ) is a public university, public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present bord ...

and

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, or Swedish Agricultural University (, SLU) is a public research university in Sweden. Although its main campus and head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses ...

. Nydalahöjd consists of two streets; Istidsgatan and Rullstensgatan. Rullstensgatan consists mostly of student apartments.

External links

Nydalahöjd
at Umeå Municipality Umeå {{västerbotten-geo-stub