Ryd

Ryd is a Swedish word commonly used in place names. It means "cleared area", a place where the forest was cut down to allow for farming and housing use. It is used both standalone (as in the examples below) and in combination with other names (such as Tingsryd).

*Ryd is a village in Tingsryd Municipality in the south of Sweden, with 1,446 inhabitants (2005).

*Ryd is also a residential area in Linköping, Sweden, best known for housing the bulk of the Linköping University (Linköpings Universitet, LiU) student body. They live in houses specifically assigned to LiU's students. Many of these homes are in the form of corridor rooms, where students have their own bedroom with an en-suite bathroom but a shared kitchen. The architecture of Ryd is typical of the Miljonprogrammet housing project of 1965-1974, one exception being the manor-like [http://www.hg.se Ryds Herrgård] (a.k.a. Herrgår'n or simply HG) which serves as a student pub/club. Residents of Ryd are often heard speaking of "Student Ryd" (Swedish "Studentryd") and the predominantly non-student "People Ryd" ("Människoryd") as two separate areas of the district. In Linköping, Ryd has a reputation of being a rough neighborhood, most likely due to People Ryd consisting only of relatively cheap rental apartments, attractive to people with low income.

*Ryd is also a suburb of the city of Skövde, Sweden, with nearly 6,000 inhabitants. The population includes a lot of immigrants.

External links

* [http://karta.frryd.se/ RydKarta] An online map of Ryd