Härryda Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...

 in western Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat is located in the town of Mölnlycke

Mölnlycke

Mölnlycke is a suburb of Greater Gothenburg, a locality and the seat of Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 14,439 inhabitants in 2005. The urban area stretches over two municipalities, Mölndal Municipality is the second....

, with about 15,000 inhabitants.

Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport

Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport

Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport is an international airport serving the Gothenburg region in Sweden. With 4.3 million passengers in 2006 it is Sweden's second-largest airport...

, Sweden's second-largest airport

Airport

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 is situated near the locality of Härryda

Härryda

Härryda is a locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 861 inhabitants in 2005. Despite its name it is not the seat of the municipality, which is the much larger Mölnlycke....

, after which the municipality is named. The airport is named after Landvetter

Landvetter

Landvetter is a locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 6,680 inhabitants in 2005.It is the second largest town in the municipality and has given its name to the international airport Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport, located 5 km east of Landvetter.The name...

, the second biggest town in the municipality. City Airline

City Airline

City Airline was a regional airline based in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport in Landvetter, Härryda Municipality, Sweden. It was privately owned and operated a medium-sized European network from its main base at Landvetter. The airline was wholly owned by...

 has its head office in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of the airport. Transwede Airways

Transwede Airways

Transwede Airways AB was a charter airline based at Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport in Landvetter, Härryda Municipality, near Gothenburg. Transwede operated flights on wet lease agreements from London City Airport, as well as charter flights. The company was owned by Braathens Aviation...

 existed, its head office was on the airport property.

Härryda Municipality borders clockwise to the municipalities of Lerum

Lerum Municipality

Lerum Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, situated just east of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in the town of Lerum....

, Bollebygd

Bollebygd Municipality

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

, Mark

Mark Municipality

Mark Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kinna.The municipality was created with the municipal reform of 1971 by the amalgamation of eight previous entities. Most of them had themselves been formed by the 1952 municipal...

, Mölndal

Mölndal Municipality

Mölndal Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, just south of Gothenburg...

, Gothenburg

Gothenburg Municipality

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

 and Partille

Partille Municipality

Partille Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in Partille, which constitutes a part of the contiguously built-up Gothenburg urban area....

.

The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Björketorp, Landvetter and Råda.

Until November 19, 2007 the municipality was the only one in Sweden lacking a coat of arms

Coat of arms

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, just using a logotype.