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Alafors is a town and the seat of the municipality of
Ale Municipality Ale Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nödinge-Nol, more precisely in Alafors at Ale Municipality was created in 1974, when the former municipalities of Nödinge, ...
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Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () 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 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...
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Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. Today it is considered part of
Nödinge-Nol Nödinge-Nol is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Ale Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 9,822 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The town Nödinge-Nol was once three villages: Alafors, Nol, Sweden, Nol and Nödi ...
, a northeastern neighborhood. It is located off the E45, about 30 km north of
Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
and approximately 1 km from the east bank of the
Göta River Göta is a Swedish given name, which is the female equivalent of Göte. It may refer to: * Göta Ljungberg (1893–1955), Swedish singer * Göta Pettersson (1926–1993), Swedish gymnast Other uses * Göta, Sweden *Göta älv The (; "River ...
. In 1970 the town grew up with the railroad town Nol and 1990 with Nödinge, which today form an urban area,
Nödinge-Nol Nödinge-Nol is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Ale Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 9,822 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The town Nödinge-Nol was once three villages: Alafors, Nol, Sweden, Nol and Nödi ...
. Alafors contains the Ale municipal building, whose facade has enamel artwork by
Endre Nemes Endre Nemes (November 10, 1909 – September 22, 1985; born with the family name Nágel) was a Hungarian-Slovako-Czecho-Swedish Surrealist artist who had a background in Lyrical Abstraction.Ahlafors IF Ahlafors IF is a Swedish football club located in Nödinge-Nol in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Background Ahlafors Idrottsförening were founded in 1913 and currently have around 800 members. Ahlafors IF manage Furulundsparken, a ...
football club which play at Furulundsparken, and a ski slope. A former spinning mill was located here which ceased operations in 1966. Swedish death metal group
Eructation Burping (also called belching and eructation) is the release of gas from the upper digestive tract (esophagus and stomach) of animals through the mouth. It is usually audible. In humans, burping can be caused by normal eating processes, or as ...
was formed in Alafors in 1988.


Notable people

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Erik Arvidsson Erik Trolle (or Erik Arvidsson) (c. 1460–1530) was elected regent of Sweden in 1512, during the era of Kalmar Union. He was Justiciar of Närke and a Lord High Councillor of Sweden from 1487. Biography Erik Arvidsson was born around 1460 into ...
- chess player


References

{{authority control Populated places in Ale Municipality