Älvängen
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Älvängen is a locality situated in Ale Municipality
, Västra Götaland County
, Sweden
. It had 3,986 inhabitants in 2005. It is located some 30 kilometers to the north of Gothenburg
. Älvängen is also called Ale City.
Älvängen was the hometown of the painter and writer Ivar Arosenius
.
The P A Carlmarks rope factory was located to Älvängen. Today, there is a museum in the old factory locals that shows the rope productions in the early beginning of the 20th century. The museum also produced the rope for the East Indiaman Götheborg
.
Ale Municipality
Ale Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nödinge-Nol....
, 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...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It had 3,986 inhabitants in 2005. It is located some 30 kilometers to the north 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...
. Älvängen is also called Ale City.
Älvängen was the hometown of the painter and writer Ivar Arosenius
Ivar Arosenius
Ivar Axel Henrik Arosenius , was a Swedish painter and author of picture books. In the latter capacity he is most noted for the book Kattresan , which was published after his death. He lived in the village of Älvängen, north of Gothenburg...
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The P A Carlmarks rope factory was located to Älvängen. Today, there is a museum in the old factory locals that shows the rope productions in the early beginning of the 20th century. The museum also produced the rope for the East Indiaman Götheborg
East Indiaman Götheborg
Götheborg is a sailing replica of an 18th century Swedish East Indiaman. It is the world's largest operational wooden sailing vessel. The original sank off Gothenburg, Sweden on 12 September 1745 while approaching its home harbour after returning from her third voyage to China...
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