Landvetter

Landvetter
Landvetter
Landvetter
Landvetter is located in Västra Götaland
Landvetter
Landvetter
Location within Västra Götaland
Landvetter is located in Sweden
Landvetter
Landvetter
Location within Sweden
Coordinates: 57°41′N 12°12′E / 57.683°N 12.200°E / 57.683; 12.200
Country Sweden
Province Västergötland
CountyVästra Götaland County
MunicipalityHärryda Municipality
Area
 • Total
5.40 km2 (2.08 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)
 • Total
7,152
 • Density1,324/km2 (3,430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Landvetter is a locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 7,152 inhabitants in 2010.

It is the second largest town in the municipality and has given its name to the international airport Göteborg Landvetter Airport, located 5 km east of Landvetter.

The name Landvetter is a combination of "land" (land) and "vittir", an old Swedish name for a certain type of fire.

City Airline had its head office in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of Göteborg Landvetter Airport in Landvetter. When Transwede Airways existed, its head office was on the airport property.

History

On 27 May 1645, during the Torstenson War, Swedish forces under Harald Stake defeated a Danish force led by Iver Kagge here on 27 May 1645.

Sports

Landvetter IS and at least a dozen other sports clubs are located in Landvetter.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Contact City Airline." City Airline. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Home[link removed]." Transwede Airways. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Transwede Airways I P.O. Box 2011 SE-438 11 Landvetter Sweden".
  4. ↑ Munthe 1901, p. 181.

Works cited

National Road 40 passing by Landvetter