Lindängen is a neighbourhood in
Söder in Malmö,
Sweden
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. It has 6,874 inhabitants. In its 2017 report,
Police in Sweden
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placed the district in the
most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates.
Demographics
Lindängen had 5,958 inhabitants in 2007. It increased to 6,628 in 2011.
As of 2014, 6,874 live in the neighbourhood.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Lindängen:
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BK Olympic
BK Olympic is a Swedish football club located in Lindängen which is a residential area of Malmö.
Background
The club was founded in 1920 as IF Olympia. The following year the club was expanded and it was decided to make an application for p ...
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HK Malmö
HK Malmö is a Team handball, handball club based in Malmö, Sweden. The club was formed in May 2007 as a merger of Malmö HP and IFK Malmö Handboll. The men's plays in the Handbollsligan, highest handball division in Sweden, while the women's te ...
Notable people
The rapper
Lazee
Mawuli Kulego (better known by his stage name Lazee) is a Swedish rapper from the Malmö suburb Lindängen.
Biography
Lazee was born in Malmö, Sweden, to parents of Ghanaian origin. His passion for music grew at a young age and he was heavily ...
is from Lindängen.
References
Neighbourhoods of Malmö
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