Lerum Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...

 in western Sweden

Sweden

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, situated just east of Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

. Its seat is located in the town of Lerum

Lerum

Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 15,819 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg....

.

In 1969 the municipality got its present size when "old" Lerum was amalgamated with Skallsjö and Stora Lundby.

In 2007, Lerum Municipality launched a new logotype to used instead of its official municipal coat of arms

Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...

 which features the head of an oxen and three oak leaves. Municipal officials and PR staff felt the coat "outdated". Although no longer used, the coat of arms still has official status. The new logotype, which features a multi-coloured weaving

Weaving

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 pattern.

Localities

• Floda
  Floda, Lerum
  Floda is a locality situated in Lerum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 7,981 inhabitants in 2005.Floda has a station on the Gothenburg commuter railsystem, Alingsås line.Floda is the home of:*Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer...
  
  
• Gråbo
  Gråbo
  Gråbo is a locality situated in Lerum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 4,154 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Lerum
  Lerum
  Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 15,819 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg....
  
   (seat)
• Norsesund
  Norsesund
  Norsesund is a bimunicipal locality situated in Alingsås Municipality and Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 268 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
   (partly)
• Stenkullen
  Stenkullen
  Stenkullen is a part of Lerum Municipality, Sweden. Stenkullen is made up mainly of the school Stenkulan and its sports facility. It also has the largest skatepark in the Municipality. It is home for the soccer team Stenkullens GoIK and the ice hockey team Lerums boll klubb , where NHL player Loui...
  
  
• Tollered
  Tollered
  Tollered is a locality situated in Lerum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 863 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  

External links

• Lerum Municipality - Official site
• Visitlerum.nu - Official tourist site