Torslanda

Torslanda (pop 19,000, 2003) is an urban district cite web
title = Growing young population demands new approach
publisher = DC Torslanda
url = http://www3.goteborg.se/ekonomi/arsbok03/eng/dctorslanda.html] of Gothenburg Municipality — in the Bohuslän province, on the island of Hisingen, in western Sweden — located about 12 km north west of Gothenburg city centre proper.

The Volvo Torslanda Plant

Volvo Cars operates one of its largest automobile plants, Torslandaverken in Torslanda, under the motto "Increased capacity – for ever-higher quality." cite web
title = From Mass-Market Cars to Niche Sports Utility Vehicles - The Volvo Torslanda Plant Turns 40
publisher = Swedespeed.com, Apr 15, 2004, Source: Volvo Car Corporation
url = http://www.swedespeed.com/news/publish/Volvo_News/article_221.html]

Torslanda Airport

From 1923 to 1977, prior to the opening of the Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, the city had been served by the Torslanda Airport, located here. The control tower, located on a hilltop adjacent to the site of the airport, was renovated in 2007, and remains one of the last artifacts of the airport, much of which was demolished in 1997.

In recent years, the original land from the Torslanda Airport has quickly redeveloped into a residential area known as Amhult, eventually to become a garden village with 900 new homes, a commercial centre, preschool and school.

The Volvo Museum

After the close of the Torslanda Airport as an actual transportation facility (1977), Volvo housed its collection of historic vehicles in "The "Blue Hangar" ("Den Blå Hangaren") at Torslanda Airport. The collection comprised about 5-6 vehicles, only two of them in working order. Other vehicles were stored across Sweden in various Volvo facilities. Unfortunately, fire destroyed the hangar a few years later, but most of the vehicles escaped unharmed. cite web
title= Volvo Historical Collection Marks 10th Anniversary
publisher = DesignTAXI.com, 29 May 2005
url = http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=476&monthview=1&month=3&year=2005] The collection was moved in to a permanent location with the opening of the Volvo Museum in Arendal at Hisingen on May 30, 1995.

Notably, The Blue Hangar was destroyed by a fire, May 31, 1980; a monument marks the place where the hangar stood.

Prior to its use as a defacto museum, the Torslanda Airport hangers had served as presentation spaces for prominent vehicle debuts, including the 1957 Volvo P1900/Sport. cite web
title= Drive: 1957 Volvo P1900/Sport
publisher = Motor Trend, Todd Lassa

url = http://www.motortrend.com/classic/roadtests/c12_0603_1957_volvo_p1900_sport]

Jack The Ripper and Torslanda

Notably, Elizabeth Stride, nee Elisabeth Gustafsdotter — believed to have been the third victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper — hailed from Torslanda, and had been Christened at the Torslanda Church (pictured).

References

External links

* [http://www.torslanda.goteborg.se/prod/torslanda/dalis2.nsf/vyPublicerade/FCD71EDB08E39452C1256E5200513A96?OpenDocument The Official Torslanda Website (in English)]
* [http://www.amhult2.se/ Amhult Phase II rendering]