Hackefors
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Hackefors is a district in southeastern Linköping
Linköping
Linköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...

 in Östergötland
Östergötland
Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...

. It is located east of Stångån
Stångån
Stångån is a small river in southern Sweden, 185 km long and with a drainage basin of 2440 km2. It flows from the highlands of eastern Småland in the south to lake Roxen in the north....

 in Landeryd parish. Hackefors consists largely of residential buildings. There are also jogging tracks in Hackefors, Åbysäcken, of 2 km, 2.9 km, 5 km and 6.4 km. The Hackefors area was originally a place separate from Linköping, where over the years many renowned companies have been located, such as Malte Månson, Data-Saab and Ericsson
Ericsson
Ericsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks...

. Hackefors had around 300 inhabitants in 1965. Since 1970 Hackefors has grown together with Linköping.

The name Hackefors originated from man's name Hake. Hake was probablt a significant person who had possession of this stretch of Stångån. Hackefors village was at Stångån and consisted of Norrgården ("North manor") and Södergården ("South manor"), each with its associated mill at the falls. A redistribution of land in 1860s moved Norrgården out of the village and was called upper Hackefors, while Södergården, which remained by the river was renamed lower Hackefors.

In the late 1860s Kinda Canal  was built, and a lock was built in Hackefors. It is Northern Europe's highest one chamber lock. When the East Central Rail Line was built, a stop was built at Hackefors lands.

The foundation for the later developement of the community of Hackefors was Hackefors porcelain factory, started in 1929.

The buildings originates partly from the 1930s-1940s, which was homes for local industry employees, and a large number of residential buildings from the 1970s, dedicated to Saab's expansion and to the government agencies which then moved to Linköping. Adjacent to Hackefors the small house area Vårgård was built.

Adjoining Hackefors are districts Johannelund
Johannelund
Johannelund is a residential suburb with more than 5000 inhabitants in the south of Linköping. Johannelund is adjoining the districts Tannefors, Hackefors, Hjulsbro, Berga, Ekholmen, Vimanshäll and Hejdegården...

, Tannefors
Tannefors
Tannefors is a district in Linköping, Sweden. It lies just east of the city center, opposite Stångån. The district's eastern parts are dominated by Saab AB, surrounding industries and Linköping Airport. In Tannefors there is a hold point for trains on the Tjust line and Stångådal line. There is a...

 and Hjulsbro
Hjulsbro
Hjulsbro is a district in southeastern Linköping in Östergötland. Hjulsbro is located at a waterfall in Stångån in the central part of Landeryd parish....

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