Lunden is one of 8 districts in Örgryte borough

Örgryte

Örgryte is one of the 21 stadsdelsnämndsområden of Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. It is a largely upper middle class to upper class residential area, just to the east of the city centre...

, Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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Lunden is situated immediately to the east of the central area of Gothenburg. Lunden has 10206 inhabitants (2005).

History

In the beginning, many of the buildings were smaller family houses, but were later replaced by larger apartement buildings, mostly of the Landshövdingehus

Landshövdingehus

Landshövdingehus is a building type unique for the Swedish city of Gothenburg. The history behind these buildings has its twists. 19th century city bylaws ruled that houses made of wood could be of maximum two storeys height, in order to protect against fires...

 type, in the 1920's and 1930's.

Geography

Lunden is located in Örgryte borough, which contains 7 more distinct:

• Bagaregården
  Bagaregården
  Bagaregården is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Örgryte borough.Most parts of the district were designed by town planner Albert Lilienberg. He was inspired by the Austrian architect Camillo Sitte...
  
  
• Kärralund
• Kallebäck
  Kallebäck
  Kallebäck is one of 8 districts in Örgryte borough, Gothenburg, Sweden.The name Kallebäck means "The brook with the cauldron" and the name dates back to 1496....
  
  
• Olskroken
• Redbergslid
• Skår
• Överås

External links

• Satellite Map of Lunden, Gothenburg