Trollhättan
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| Coordinates: 58°17′N 12°17′E / 58.283°N 12.283°ECoordinates: 58°17′N 12°17′E / 58.283°N 12.283°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Västergötland |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Municipality | Trollhättan Municipality |
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| • Total | 23.78 km2 (9.2 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 46,457 |
| • Density | 1,954/km2 (5,060.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Trollhättan (Swedish pronunciation: [trɔlhɛtan]) is a city and the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 46,457 inhabitants in 2010.[1] It is located 75 km north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg.
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[edit] History
Trollhättan was founded by the river Göta älv, at the location of Trollhättan Falls. The site was first mentioned in literature from 1413. For centuries, Trollhättan was an obstacle for the boats travelling the river, up until a lock system was completed in the nineteenth century. It has since been updated several times and the present locks were finished in 1916.
In the late nineteenth century, hydropower was developed in Trollhättan. The Swedish energy corporation Vattenfall ("waterfall") took its name from the falls in Trollhättan. Today the city has two operational hydropower stations, Olidan and Håjum. The hydropower has helped the city in its industrial revolution.
Trollhättan was granted city rights (which today have no legal effect, but is purely historical) in 1916 at which time it had about 15,000 inhabitants, now grown to 54,000.
[edit] Name
The name Trollhättan is translated as "Troll's bonnet". The latter part "hätta" could also mean mountain top.
Other former names of the site are Eiðar and Stora Edet; the latter lives on in the name of the south-bordering municipality of Lilla Edet.
[edit] Industries
Trollhättan continues to house a number of industrial facilities, headed by Volvo Aero and its contractual suppliers. However, as with parallel locations elsewhere in Europe, much of its production has moved from heavy industry to professional services and the creation of intellectual property. As of 2011 Trollhättan hosts a film production complex known as Trollywood; movies shot there include Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål), Dancer in the Dark and Dogville. The movie studio Film i Väst centered here produces about half of the Swedish feature-length films.
Historically, Trollhättan housed the main production site of Saab Automobile; a factory owned by NOHAB Industries that produced railroad locomotives; a plant operated by Stridsberg & Biörk to make lumber-cutting saws for sawmills; and other industrial locations.
[edit] Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Trollhättan:
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- Trollhättan City Website in English
Media related to Trollhättan at Wikimedia Commons
Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Trollhättan". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Trollhättan is one of 133 places with the historical city status in Sweden. |
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