Lerum is a
locality
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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
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 ...
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Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010.
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Overview
Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail
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system and is a suburb of Gothenburg.
The river of Säveån runs through Lerum municipality. of it is surrounded by the nature reserve
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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
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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 schoo ...
* 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 s ...
* FBC Lerum
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* Lerums Landhockey
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Lerum is twinned
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with:
* Aalborg
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, Denmark
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Baldone
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Viktors Arājs was born there in 1910.
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, Latvia
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Notable people
* Joel Berghult
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, musician and YouTuber
References
Populated places in Västra Götaland County
Populated places in Lerum Municipality
Municipal seats of Västra Götaland County
Swedish municipal seats
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