Nydalahöjd, sometimes called Nydalahöjden, is a residential area in Umeå

Umeå

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, Sweden

Sweden

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. It is located next to the lake Nydalasjön

Nydalasjön

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, about 4 km outside the central city.

History

The name is derived from former governor Pehr Adam Stromberg's yard Nydala, which, however, was located further north than today's Nydalahöjd, on the northeastern edge of the current Mariehem

Mariehem

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.

Nydalahöjd was built in the early 1990s by AB Bostaden

AB Bostaden

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, a public housing company owned by Umeå Municipality

Umeå Municipality

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. The area consists of rental apartments and many of them are student apartments intended for students at Umeå University

Umeå University

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 and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences or Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet is a university in Sweden. Although its head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses in different parts of Sweden, the other main facilities being Alnarp in Lomma Municipality, Skara,...

. Nydalahöjd consists of two streets; Istidsgatan and Rullstensgatan. Rullstensgatan consists mostly of student apartments.

External links

• Nydalahöjd at Umeå Municipality