Svenljunga (municipality)

Svenljunga municipality
coat of arms Location in Västra Götaland County
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap):	Västergötland
Main place:	Svenljunga
SCB code:	1465
Residents :	10,780 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	987.1 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	10.9 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.svenljunga.se
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Coordinates: 57 ° 30 ′  N , 13 ° 7 ′  O Svenljunga is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Västergötland . The main town of the municipality is Svenljunga .

history

Before the merger of Älvsborgs län , Skaraborgs län and Göteborgs och Bohus län to Västra Götalands län , Svenljunga belonged to the province of Älvsborg.

Daughters and sons of the church

• Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (1706–1773), court physician, professor of medicine, botany and anatomy, and rector of Uppsala University
• Pontus Leander (1872-1935), orientalist
• Tommy Prim (* 1955), racing cyclist

places

These places are localities ( tatorter ):

• Hillared
• Holsjunga
• Mjöbäck
• Östra Frölunda
• Överlida
• Sexdrega
• Svenljunga

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  Coat of arms of the municipality of Svenljunga in Svenljunga

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Svenljunga  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)