Mölndal

Coordinates: 57°39′N 12°01′E / 57.650°N 12.017°E / 57.650; 12.017
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Mölndal (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmœ̌lndal])[2] is the seat and administrative centre of Mölndal Municipality and a part of the Gothenburg urban area on the west coast of Sweden. About 40,000 of the municipality's 60,000 inhabitants live in Mölndal proper.

Geography

Mölndal is located on the western main line railway between

Gothenburg tramway
system.

History

Mölndal in 1870

The name of the city derives from two words; Möln, which is a short form for Möllor, an old word for mills, and the word dal, which is the Swedish word for valley. Mölndal is the "Valley of mills". The narrow but high and long waterfalls in Kvarnbyn gave the necessary power to all the watermills that together with the windmills on the hills gave birth to the early industrialisation of Mölndal.

Industry

AstraZeneca's global research centre in Mölndal

Mölndal is best known for its high concentration of companies in life sciences.

pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, and biotechnology are also located here. The proximity to the University of Gothenburg and to Chalmers University of Technology - with their technology parks - has supported development of other sectors, such as microwave technology and information technology
. Two national research institutes, IFP SICOMP AB and IVF Industrial Research and Development Corporation, are also located in Mölndal.

Mölndalsfallen

Mölndalsfallen in 2006

Mölndalsfallen (Mölndal falls) has been a big part of the Mölndal industries, which got their power from the falls to make cotton, paper and oil.[3]

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Mölndal:

The town is also home to the Hills Golf Club.

European Cooperation

  • Mölndal is a member city of
    Eurotowns network[4]

Notable people

Mölndal's old industrial area, today a tourist attraction

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005" (xls) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
  2. ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 18.
  3. ^ "Översiktsplan för Mölndals stad Mölndal Kapitel 11" (PDF). molndal.se. 2006. p. 106. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Eurotowns".
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