Angered
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Angered is a suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 in Gothenburg Municipality
Gothenburg Municipality
Gothenburg Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg....

, 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....

. Angered is the biggest Million Programme
Million Programme
The Million Programme is the common name for an ambitious housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to make sure everyone could have a home at a reasonable price. The aim of the programme was to build a million new dwellings in a...

 area in 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...

, and one of the biggest in the country with 40 000 inhabitants.

The hilly terrain forced the planners to build the different parts of Angered at some distance from each other.

Angered has a very high proportion unemployed and also a high immigrant population, which makes it multicultural.

Music

  • The pop singer and actress Laleh Pourkarim
    Laleh
    Laleh Pourkarim is an Iranian born Swedish singer-songwriter and former actress. She uses her given name Laleh as a stage name. She left Iran when she was a one year old and came to Sweden as a teenager, attending school in the multicultural district of Hammarkullen, Angered of Gothenburg. Before...

     grew up in Angered.
  • The indie singer-songwriter Jens Lekman
    Jens Lekman
    Jens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and melancholic. The English lyrics reflect an advanced knowledge of the language and its idioms...

     is from Angered.
  • The Swedish metal band Dead by April
    Dead by April
    Dead by April is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in February 2007. The band consists of Jimmie Strimell, Zandro Santiago, Marcus Wesslén and Alex Svenningsson. They released their self-titled debut album in May 2009. In 2010 the two guitarists, Pontus Hjelm and Johan Olsson, left the...

     is from Angered.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Angered:
  • Gunnilse IS
    Gunnilse IS
    Gunnilse IS is a Swedish football club located in Angered, a suburb of Gothenburg.-Background:Since their foundation on 16 September 1950 Gunnilse IS has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Norra...

  • Lärje-Angereds IF
    Lärje-Angereds IF
    Lärje-Angereds IF is a Swedish football club located in Angered, a suburb in Gothenburg Municipality.-Background:Since their foundation Lärje-Angereds IF has participated mainly in the middle and lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 3...

  • Rannebergens IF
    Rannebergens IF
    Rannebergens IF is a Swedish football club located in Angered.-Background:Rannebergens IF currently plays in Division 4 Göteborg A which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Gunnaredsplan in Angered....



The Swedish
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....

 triple-jumper Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson
Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...

 (formerly ranked no.1 in Europe) was born in northern Angered.

Transportation

In terms of transportation, Angered is served by bus lines 40, 72 to 76 and 79 and a number of tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...

 lines. The tram services terminates here, with the turning slope running around the bus terminal. The tram lines serving Angered are 4, 8 and 9 (towards Mölndal, Frölunda and Kungssten). Initially, the tram line was due to run past Angered Centrum, terminating at Rannebergen, not far from the centre. This project was abandoned while under construction, and bus line 76 runs from Angered Centrum to Rannebergen instead. However, there is space for trams inside the hill, just as at Hammarkullen. The next station southwards is Storås
Storås, Angered
Storås is an industrial area in Angered, in the northeast of Gothenburg. It has a tram stop, which is served by tram lines 4, 8 and 9....

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