Lerum is a locality and the seat of

Lerum Municipality Lerum Municipality (''Lerums kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, situated just east of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in the town of Lerum. In 1969 the municipality got its present size when "old" Lerum ...

in Västra Götaland County,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010.

Overview

Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

. The river of Säveån runs through Lerum municipality. of it is surrounded by the nature reserve Säveåns Naturreservat, where bridges dating back as far as the 18th century as well as a variety of animal life and beautiful nature can be found.

Lerum train crash

Lerum hit the world's news bulletins on November 16, 1987, when two Intercity trains collided just outside the local station, killing 9 and injuring 140.Swedish train crash kills 9
/ref> A control cable to the trailroad switches had been incorrectly reconnected after being dug up accidentally. When traffic was finally allowed to pass the station, the Gothenburg bound train was switched over to the opposite track where an outbound train was arriving, after a mistake in communication between the repairer and the traffic leader. An off-duty trainmaster, reading the paper in one of the locomotives, heard the train driver say "Helvete nu smäller det" (roughly translated: "Hell, now that's a crash"). He managed to open the side door and leap out, the trains collided when he was still in the air and despite doing this at he survived with just a broken foot. The involved locomotives were Rc4 1292 and 1300, they were scrapped on the spot.

Schools

There are several schools in Lerum. (incomplete list) * Torpskolan * Rydsbergsskolan * Aspenässkolan *

Lerums gymnasium Lerums gymnasium is an upper secondary school in Lerum, Sweden, 20 kilometres outside of Gothenburg. It's a relatively young school, founded as late as in 1980. The first school building was a converted bottle cap factory; since then the school ...

* Knappekullaskolan * Almekärrsskolan * Hulanskolan

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Lerum: * Lerums BK *

Lerums IS Lerums IS is a Swedish football club located in Lerum in Lerum Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Background Lerum IS is a sports club that was formed in 1927 and specialises in football. LIS run a ladies team and a large and relatively suc ...

FBC Lerum FBC may refer to: Medicine * Full blood count Broadcasting * Fana Broadcasting Corporate, an Ethiopian broadcaster * Fijian Broadcasting Corporation ** FBC TV * Finnish Broadcasting Company * Fox Broadcasting Company, referred to on air as "Fox ...

* Lerums Landhockey

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Lerum is

twinned Twinning (making a twin of) may refer to: * In biology and agriculture, producing two offspring (i.e., twins) at a time, or having a tendency to do so; * Twin towns and sister cities, towns and cities involved in town twinning * Twinning inst ...

with: *

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...

, Denmark * Baldone,

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

Notable people

* Joel Berghult, musician and YouTuber

References

Populated places in Västra Götaland County Populated places in Lerum Municipality Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County Swedish municipal seats {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub