- Trollhättan
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Trollhättan
image_caption = Trollhättan church
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 =Trollhättan Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Västra Götaland County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 =Västergötland
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 23.8
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 44,498
population_density_km2 = 1869
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=58 |latm=17 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=12 |longm=17 |longs= |longEW=E
website =Trollhättan (IPA-all|˅trɔlhɛtan) is a city (pop. 53,952 (2007)) in
Västergötland ,Sweden , and the seat ofTrollhättan Municipality ,Västra Götaland County .History
Trollhättan was founded by the river
Göta älv , at a location with severalwaterfalls . The site was first mentioned in literature from 1413. For centuries, Trollhättan was an obstacle for the boats travelling the river, up until a lock system was completed in the nineteenth century. It has since been updated several times and the present locks were finished in 1916.In the late nineteenth century,
hydropower was developed in Trollhättan. The Swedish energy corporationVattenfall ("waterfall") took its name from the falls in Trollhättan. Today the city has two operational hydropower stations, Olidan and Håjum. The hydropower has helped the city in itsindustrial revolution .The name "Trollhättan" comes from folkloristic tales. People believed that large
troll s lived in the riverGöta älv and that the islands in the river were the Trolls' hoods ("hättor"). Other former names of the site is "Eiðar" and "Stora Edet"; the latter lives on in the name of the south-bordering municipality ofLilla Edet . Thewaterfall of Trollhättan has been theorized to be theMímir 's Well from theNorse mythology .Trollhättan was granted city rights (which today have no legal effect, but is purely historical) in 1916 at which time it had about 15,000 inhabitants, now grown to 54,000.
Industries
Trollhättan houses a number of industries, foremost the main production sites for
Saab Automobile andVolvo Aero . In the area, there is also a large number of suppliers to these two facilities. Historically Trollhättan housed theNOHAB industries that producedlocomotive s, andStridsberg & Biörk who had specialized insaw s forsawmill s. There is also a film production facility, known asTrollywood ; movies shot there include "Show Me Love" ("Fucking Åmål"), "Dancer in the Dark " and "Dogville ". The movie studioFilm i Väst centered here produces about half of the Swedish feature-length films.References
External links
* [http://www.trollhattan.se/thn_templates/StandardPage.aspx?id=3087 Trollhättan City Website in English]
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