Ekholmen is a residential area in the south of Linköping

Linköping

Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...

, Sweden. The area was built in the early 1970s, on land belonging mainly to the farming estates Blästad and Ekholmen, and is locted in Landeryd Parish.

The area has a shopping mall called Ekholmen center. At the mall, St. Hans Church (consecrated 1973) is located. Fun SkatePark is located at the area's secondary school, Ekholmsskolan. Ekholmen have one of Sweden's largest concrete skateparks.

Ekholmen's residential parts are composed of both high-rise apartments and small houses. Ekholmen was part of the Million Programme

Million Programme

The Million Programme is the common name for an ambitious housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to make sure everyone could have a home at a reasonable price. The aim of the programme was to build a million new dwellings in a...

, which is the Swedish Project Areas built in 1965-1975.

Ekholmen borders to the districts Johannelund

Johannelund

Johannelund is a residential suburb with more than 5000 inhabitants in the south of Linköping. Johannelund is adjoining the districts Tannefors, Hackefors, Hjulsbro, Berga, Ekholmen, Vimanshäll and Hejdegården...

, Hjulsbro

Hjulsbro

Hjulsbro is a district in southeastern Linköping in Östergötland. Hjulsbro is located at a waterfall in Stångån in the central part of Landeryd parish....

, Ullstämma

Ullstämma

Ullstämma is a district in the south of Linköping. The area was expanded primarily in the 1990s. The area also includes the old buildings in Ullstämma village, which also gave the area its name, including the old Ullstämma school, now closed. The area adjacent to the cultivated farmland in the...

, Vidingsjö

Vidingsjö

Vidingsjö is a district in the south of Linköping, Sweden with a population of 4,297 persons . The buildings consist mainly of single-family homes built in the 60s, 70s and 80's...

 and Berga

Berga, Linköping

Berga is a residential area in Linköping located in the southern part of the city. The river Tinnerbäcken runs through Berga. Berga has a center with a grocery, hairdresser, cafe, pizzeria, betting shop, clinic, dental services and pharmacy. There is also Berga church that has a circular...

.