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Skövde

Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
Province	Västergötland
County	Västra Götaland County
Municipality	Skövde Municipality
Area ^[1]
• Total	19.78 km² (7.64 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)^[1]
• Total	34 446
• Density	1,674/km² (4,340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Skövde is a locality and the seat of Skövde Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 34 446 inhabitants (2010-12-31).^[1]

Skövde is situated some 150 km northeast of Gothenburg, between Sweden's two largest lakes, Vänern and Vättern. It sits on the eastern slope of a low mountain ridge Billingen (299 m), which cuts through the plain between the lakes. The western main railway (Västra Stambanan) was built through Skövde in the 1890s, which gave the town a dramatic industrial and population boost.

History

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Skövde traces its history back to the medieval age. In its city arms is the image of Saint Helena who allegedly was a pious woman from Skövde. She was born about 1101, and was canonized in 1165 by Pope Alexander III and Archbishop Stefan of Sweden.

Of the medieval houses nothing remains, as a fire in 1759 burned down the entire city except for some houses called Helensgården. After the fire, the city was rebuilt according to a grid pattern. The city still only had a small population until the railroad between Stockholm and Gothenburg was laid through the city, leading to an industrial and population boost.

Industry

AB Volvo and Volvo Cars jointly operate one of the world’s largest automotive foundries in Skövde, with more than 5,000 workers. The plant is known world-wide for producing the most industrial diesel engines in the world for AB Volvo and also for producing compact inline 5 cylinder petrol engines for Volvo Cars. The boxy cars take after the city's architecture which is also boxy.

Military

The armoured corps regiment Skaraborgs regemente (P4) and the logistics corps regiment Trängregementet (TrängR) are both located in Skövde, as is the Army Combat schools.

Education

The Skövde University College has over 8,000 students and six faculties.
SRTC, Swedish Rescue Training Centre [1] (earlier Räddningsverkets övningsfält), offers a broad variety of education and exercises within the risk and safety sector.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Skövde:

Airport

Skövde Airport is located approximately 10 km from Skövde. Currently there are no scheduled flights, however there is an active flying club, gliding club and at least one corporate jet is based at Skövde.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorter 2010" (pdf) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2011-07-03.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skövde.

Skövde - Official site
SkövdeNätet - Website and forum for people living and working in Skövde

50 most populous urban areas of Sweden

1.	Stockholm	1,617,407 (2020)
2.	Gothenburg	607,882 (2020)
3.	Malmö	325,069 (2020)
4.	Uppsala	166,698 (2020)
5.	Upplands Väsby	149,701 (2020)
6.	Västerås	128,660 (2020)
7.	Örebro	126,604 (2020)
8.	Linköping	115,682 (2020)
9.	Helsingborg	113,828 (2020)
10.	Jönköping	100,579 (2020)

11.	Norrköping	98,088 (2020)
12.	Lund	94,393 (2020)
13.	Umeå	91,916 (2020)
14.	Gävle	79,004 (2020)
15.	Södertälje	76,320 (2020)
16.	Borås	74,042 (2020)
17.	Halmstad	71,422 (2020)
18.	Växjö	71,282 (2020)
19.	Eskilstuna	69,948 (2020)
20.	Karlstad	67,122 (2020)

21.	Sundsvall	58,813 (2020)
22.	Östersund	52,980 (2020)
23.	Trollhättan	50,502 (2020)
24.	Luleå	49,123 (2020)
25.	North-east Gothenburg	47,211 (2020)
26.	Tumba	46,014 (2020)
27.	Lidingö	44,091 (2020)
28.	Borlänge	44,898 (2020)
29.	Kalmar	41,852 (2020)
30.	Kristianstad	41,299 (2020)

31.	Skövde	39,580 (2020)
32.	Karlskrona	36,904 (2020)
33.	Falun	39,492 (2020)
34.	Skellefteå	36,388 (2020)
35.	Varberg	36,327 (demographic balance, 2020)
36.	Uddevalla	35,916 (2020)
37.	Åkersberga	35,747 (2020)
38.	Nyköping	38,780 (2020)
39.	Landskrona	33,466 (2020)
40.	Örnsköldsvik	33,348 (2020)

41.	Vallentuna	33,336 (2020)
42.	Motala	31,340 (2020)
43.	Trelleborg	30,808 (2020)
44.	Ängelholm	29,490 (2020)
45.	Märsta	29,815 (2020)
46.	Falkenberg	28,747 (2020)
47.	Lerum	28,520 (2020)
48.	Alingsås	27,433 (2020)
49.	Karlskoga	27,360 (2020)
50.	Kungälv	26,960 (2020)

as of 2020, according to Statistics Sweden

v t e Municipalities and seats of Västra Götaland County
Municipalities	Ale Alingsås Åmål Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Dals-Ed Essunga Falköping Färgelanda Götene Gothenburg Grästorp Gullspång Härryda Herrljunga Hjo Karlsborg Kungälv Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mark Mellerud Mölndal Munkedal Öckerö Orust Partille Skara Skövde Sotenäs Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanum Tibro Tidaholm Tjörn Töreboda Tranemo Trollhättan Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vänersborg Vara Vårgårda
Municipal seats	Alingsås Åmål Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Ed Falköping Färgelanda Götene Gothenburg Grästorp Gullspång and Hova Henån Herrljunga Hjo Karlsborg Kinna Kungälv Kungshamn Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mellerud Mölndal Mölnlycke Munkedal Nödinge-Nol Nossebro Öckerö Partille Skara Skärhamn Skövde Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanumshede Tibro Tidaholm Töreboda Tranemo Trollhättan Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vänersborg Vara Vårgårda
Counties of Sweden Sweden