Älvängen (earlier ''Elfängen'') is a
locality situated in
Ale Municipality,
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of ...
,
Sweden. It had 4,196 inhabitants in 2010.
It is located some north of
Gothenburg. Among the churches of Älvängen are the
Älvängen Church and the
Starrkärr Church .
Älvängen was the hometown of the painter and writer
Ivar Arosenius
Ivar Axel Henrik Arosenius (8 October 1878, Gothenburg - 2 January 1909, Älvängen) was a Swedish painter and picture book illustrator.
Biography
His father Henrik (1841-1901) was a railway engineer and Captain of the Road and Water Engineerin ...
. The football player
Pontus Dahlberg
Pontus Jacob Ragne Dahlberg (born 21 January 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg and the Sweden national team.
Club career
On 31 January 2018, Dahlberg signed for Watford on a five-and- ...
was born and raised in Älvängen.
The ''P A Carlmarks rope factory'' was located to Älvängen. , there is a museum in the old factory locals that shows the rope productions in the early beginning of the 20th century. The museum also produced the rope for the
East Indiaman
East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India trading companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries. The term is used to refer to vesse ...
Götheborg.
Notable people
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Martin "Rekkles" Larsson, professional ''
League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''Warcraft III'', Ri ...
'' player for
G2 Esports
G2 Esports (G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', '' Valorant'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', '' Rainbow Six Si ...
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Pontus Dahlberg
Pontus Jacob Ragne Dahlberg (born 21 January 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg and the Sweden national team.
Club career
On 31 January 2018, Dahlberg signed for Watford on a five-and- ...
, football player for
IFK Göteborg
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in ...
.
References
External links
Webpage of the Rope Factory
Populated places in Västra Götaland County
Populated places in Ale Municipality
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