Sävedalen

Sävedalen

Sävedalen
Sävedalen
Coordinates: SE 57°43′57″N 12°04′25″E / 57.73250°N 12.07361°E / 57.73250; 12.07361Coordinates: SE 57°43′57″N 12°04′25″E / 57.73250°N 12.07361°E / 57.73250; 12.07361
Country Sweden
Province Västergötland
County Västra Götaland County
Municipality Partille Municipality
Population (31 December 2011)[1]
 • Total 11,946
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Sävedalen is a district ("kommundel") located in Partille Municipality. At west it borders to Gothenburg Municipality and is a suburb of Gothenburg.

The ice-cream company Triumf Glass was founded and have their headquarters in Sävedalen.[2]

History

Earlier the village Ugglum was located here. But when the railway station was opened in 1917, it changed name to Sävedalen for avoiding confusion with Ucklum.[3]

References and sources

  1. ↑ http://www.partille.se/sv/Demokrati/Kommunfakta/
  2. ↑ http://triumfglass.se/kontakta-oss/hitta-till-triumfglass/
  3. ↑ http://eastgbg.se/savedalen_historia.html

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