Jonsered
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Jonsered is a locality situated in Partille Municipality
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....

, 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...

, 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....

 with 928 inhabitants in 2005.

Jonsered is an old, traditional industrial community by the Säve river
Save River
Save River may refer to:* Save River - a river in Africa* Save - a river in France* Sava River - a river in the Balkans, also spelt Save in some sources....

 outside 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...

 in Sweden. Jonsered's factories were established here in 1834. By the 1880s the manufacture of wood-processing machinery had started, leading towards the products Jonsered manufactures today. The manufacturer Jonsered
Jonsereds Fabrikers AB
Jonsered is a brand used by Electrolux for chainsaws and other equipment. The brand is derived from the now defunct manufacturing company Jonsereds Fabrikers AB.- History :...

 (now a brand of Electrolux
Electrolux
The Electrolux Group is a Swedish appliance maker.As of 2010 the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world after Whirlpool, its products sell under a variety of brand names including its own and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners...

) once had plants here.
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