Sweden
Västra Götaland County
Gothenburg Municipality

Älvsborg

Älvsborg is a locality in , . Älvsborg is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include New Elfsborg Fortress and Älvsborg Bridge.

Castle
Photo: Pål-Nils Nilsson, CC BY 2.5.
New Älvsborg, so-called to distinguish it from the earlier fortress at , is a sea fort on the island of Kyrkogårdsholmen within the urban area of modern , .

Bridge
Photo: Claes Krantz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a suspension bridge over in , , connecting the island of with the mainland. It was designed by Sven Olof Asplund, and inaugurated on 8 November 1966 by Swedish communication minister Olof Palme.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Älvsborg, now generally known as or Älvsborg Castle to distinguish it from the later and , was a medieval castle situated on the rocky outcrop known as Klippan, on the south bank of the Göta Älv river within the urban area of the modern city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Masthugget and Eriksberg.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 5 km northeast of Älvsborg.

Suburb
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is an area on in where Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB had their shipyard until bankruptcy in 1979. For over a century the area was dominated by shipbuilding but a crisis in the 1970s destroyed the industry. is situated 4½ km northeast of Älvsborg.

Suburb
, sometimes referred to as just Frölunda, is one of 21 boroughs in the city of , Sweden. It is located in the south western part of the city, and is the smallest of the boroughs with a population of 12,855 on 3.72 square kilometres, although the term Frölunda generally is used for a much wider area covering almost all the city's western suburbs.

Älvsborg

Latitude
57.6731° or 57° 40′ 23″ north
Longitude
11.8667° or 11° 52′ east
Population
18,900
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
9F9HMVF8+6M
Geo­Names ID
8132232
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