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28-660: The line was built as five different railways: from Gothenburg to Borås , from Borås to Alvesta , from Växjö to Alvesta, from Karlskrona to Växjö and the Kalmar Line. The lines were nationalized in 1940 and 1941 and operations taken over by the Swedish State Railways . By then, the section from Gothenburg to Borås had been electrified. The remaining sections were electrified between 1954 and 1962: from Alvesta to Växjö in 1953, from Växjö to Kalmar in 1954 and from Borås to Alvesta in 1962. SJ T41 locomotives were

56-743: A "city" in 1948. From 1965 only "non-administrative localities" are counted, independently of municipal and county borders. In 1971 "city" was abolished as a type of municipality. Urban areas in the meaning of tätort are defined independently on the division into counties and municipalities, and are defined solely according to population density. In practice, most references in Sweden are to municipalities, not specifically to towns or cities, which complicates international comparisons. Most municipalities contain many localities (up to 26 in Kristianstad Municipality ), but some localities are, on

84-465: A city, town or larger village. It is a purely statistical concept, not defined by any municipal or county boundaries. Larger urban areas synonymous with cities or towns ( Swedish : stad for both terms) for statistical purposes have a minimum of 10,000 inhabitants. The same statistical definition is also used for urban areas in the other Nordic countries . In 2018, there were nearly two thousand urban areas in Sweden, which were inhabited by 87% of

112-562: A national center for judo . Members from the club that have participated in the olympics include Per Kjellin and Lars Adolfsson (who competed twice). Boråshallen is the largest indoor sports hall in Borås, where the Mariedal cup, an indoor football competition, is held annually in October or November. The competition started in 1978 in its current form. Borås hosted the water polo events of

140-469: A national record (38 °C (100 °F) set on two different June dates and years on other stations). The coldest extreme was set in February 1966 with −34.1 °C (−29.4 °F), a severely cold temperature for southern Sweden. By Swedish standards, the climate of Borås is very wet, with a precipitation average of above 1,100 millimetres (43 in). This is also due to maritime airflows coming from

168-459: A number of free outdoor concerts are held on the town square on Thursday evenings. The city has lately been recognized as a city of outdoor sculptures, such as Catafalque by Sean Henry , Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd 's knotted non-violence pistol and a huge bronze version of Pinocchio called Walking to Borås by the American pop artist Jim Dine . During the holiday All Saints' Day , there

196-443: A rebuilt Karlskrona Station . The project cost 950 million Swedish krona (SEK). There are plans to build a new railway on the section between Gothenburg and Borås. This new railway is planned to have a very high standard, prepared for up to 320 km/h. It is planned to be a part of a future high speed railway between Gothenburg and Stockholm, called Götalandsbanan . The first part will be between Mölnlycke and Bollebygd including

224-576: A short while) and Borås Rhinos which is an American football team. The table tennis club, Mariedals IK , had three players in the Swedish youth team : Hampus Söderlund, Mattias Översjö and Jimmy Ojakangas. Other sports that can be practiced in Borås are: archery , track and field , rowing , handball , table tennis , tennis , skiing , orienteering , sport shooting , swimming , golf , equestrian , bowling , cheerleading , floorball and various martial arts . Borås Judoclub has tried to create

252-424: A tribute to the vast number of smiths in the town in early history. It currently holds the Swedish record in the number of established mail-order firms. The company Swedac is based in the city, as well as Ericsson , which has a large manufacturing plant where Mini-Link microwave radios are manufactured. Worldwide clothing retailer H&M have their worldwide Online office based in the city as well. Outside

280-667: A tunnel station directly under the Göteborg Landvetter Airport . This project will allow 2-3 trains per hour and direction, compared with 1 train today. This project has a detailed construction plan, and construction was decided to begin 2016. However this project has been put on hold, because of political hesitation over the high speed railway project. Bor%C3%A5s Borås ( UK : / b ʊ ˈ r ɔː s / buu- RAWSS , US : / b uː ˈ r ɔː s , b uː ˈ r oʊ s / boo- RAWSS , boo- ROHSS , Swedish: [bʊˈroːs] )

308-459: Is a city (officially, a locality ) and the seat of Borås Municipality , Västra Götaland County , Sweden . It had 114,556 inhabitants in 2024. It is widely known for being a textile city, home to worldwide brands and companies as well as the prestigious Swedish School of Textiles , which is part of the University of Borås . Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them

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336-424: Is an annual gaming convention called Borås Spelkonvent, where people, mostly youths, meet to play various board games, Warhammer 40k and Magic: The Gathering among other games. Borås has a humid continental climate , or cold oceanic climate using the −3 °C isotherm, influenced by Atlantic trade winds travelling without major obstacles over the land, with low mean temperatures, compared to coastal areas and

364-553: Is the football team IF Elfsborg , six times Swedish champions (1936, 1939, 1940,1961, 2006 and 2012) and three times winner of the Swedish Cup (2001, 2003 and 2014). Elfsborg was founded in 1904, but received its current name in 1906. The team's home arena, since 2005, is Borås Arena (formerly Ryavallen Stadium) in Borås, with a capacity of 16000. Elfsborg play in yellow and black. Other teams are Borås Hockey Club , M7 (a basketball team that worked with Magic Johnson for

392-430: The municipal entity were normally almost congruent. Urbanization and industrialization created, however, many new settlements without formal city status. New suburbs grew up just outside city limits, being de facto urban but de jure rural. This created a statistical problem. The census of 1910 introduced the concept of "densely populated localities in the countryside". The term tätort (literally "dense place")

420-631: The 57-kilometre (35 mi) section from Emmaboda to Karlskrona, with the goal to reduce travel time from 40 to 33 minutes. The line was out of use from December 2011 to June 2013, with all work being completed in 2014. The upgrades included continuous welded rails , centralized traffic control , a new catenary system, new passing loops at Gullberna and Vissefjärda , upgrade of the passing loops at Spjutsbygd and Holmsjö , new platforms at Holmsjö Station , speeds up to 200 km/h (125 mph), 40 level crossings removed, 8 new tunnels and bridges, new track layout and signaling system at Emmaboda, and

448-588: The Atlantic and easily being transported over lowland areas, where the precipitation eventually falls with a slight orographic lift . This renders heavy solid or wet snowfall in winter and the freeze-thaw cycle is normally dominant, with irregular snow cover. Urban areas in Sweden An urban area or tätort ( lit.   ' dense locality ' ) in Sweden has a minimum of 200 inhabitants and may be

476-582: The Swedish population. Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort . The official term in English used by Statistics Sweden is, however, " locality " ( Swedish : ort ). It could be compared with " census-designated places " in the United States . Until the beginning of the 20th century, only the towns/cities were regarded as urban areas. The built-up area and

504-494: The XIII FINA World Masters Championships 2010, from 28 July to 6 August. The city also hosted the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships . Other sports clubs located in Borås include: The Rydafältet hosted the motorcycle speedway teams Saxarna in 1951 and Knallarna in 1952. The Ryavallen was the venue for the 1972 and 1973 Speedway World Pairs Championship finals. Every summer,

532-597: The city along the two latter lines. As of 2019 SJ runs 3–4 daily trains in each direction between Gothenburg and Kalmar. The regional traffic agency Västtrafik runs frequent trains between Borås and Gothenburg, Herrljunga, and Varberg. All passenger trains stop at Borås railway station. Trains on the northern line to and from Herrljunga also stop at Knalleland halt within the city. Bus There are several commuter buses going to both Jönköping and Gothenburg . Approximately 100.000 people commute between Borås and Gothenburg every month. The most successful sports team

560-565: The city in the industrial park of Viared, there are many companies specializing in logistics. Industries in Borås have close collaboration with the University College of Borås as well as the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden , the largest technical research institute of Sweden, both located in Borås. Besides being the home of the official Swedish Kilogram-weight and the atomic clock that sets

588-475: The more urban metropolis, Gothenburg, near to the west. Considering it being inland and quite far south, summer temperatures are rather subdued by Swedish standards, whilst winter average highs hover just above freezing. Being inland still enables severe extremes to sometimes occur, such as a 36 °C (97 °F) reading from July 1901, the warmest July temperature on record in Götaland until 2022, although not

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616-528: The most common during the diesel era, and replaced by SJ D and SJ Da locomotives after electrification. The services were also provided with SJ X9 multiple units and later SJ F locomotives. From the 1980s, the line was served by the SJ Rc locomotives. The section from Gothenburg to Borås has additional local traffic. SJ X7 multiple units were used from the 1960s, and from the 1990s SJ X11 , SJ X12 , SJ X14 and SJ X53 units have been introduced. In 1990

644-543: The national time, SP conducts various testing and research to promote consumer safety . Borås is a railway junction. The Coast-to-Coast Line from Gothenburg to Kalmar runs through the city centre. At the Borås Railway Station it meets the Älvsborg Line (heading north to Herrljunga and Uddevalla ) and the Viskadal Line (going south to Varberg). Continuous passenger trains often run through

672-522: The other hand, multimunicipal. Stockholm urban area is spread over 11 municipalities. When comparing the population of different cities, the urban area ( tätort ) population is preferred to the population of the municipality. The population of, e.g., Stockholm should be accounted as about 1.6 million rather than the approximately 990,000 of the municipality, and Lund rather about 94,000 than about 130,000. Before 2015 delimitation of localities were made by Statistics Sweden every five years, since then it

700-436: The railway between Gothenburg and Kalmar , and is often considered the Swedish city gaining the most from the nationwide railway system laid between 1870 and 1910. The city of Borås received its privileges in 1621 by King Gustav II Adolf . The reason was to give local pedlars a legal place for vending their merchandise (and for the government the ability to collect taxes on this trade). The city developed soon after it

728-547: The section was upgraded and all traffic halted for three months. In 1994, the brand "Coast-to-Coast" was introduced and SJ X2 high-speed trains were introduced. They remained in service until 2002, when Oresundtrains were introduced. In 2007, Regina multiple units were introduced, and then again Rc-hauled trains from 2009. Between 2010 and 2013, the Swedish Transport Administration upgraded

756-547: Was founded. After a century it had increased to over 2,000 inhabitants. Borås has been ravaged by fires four times: in 1681, 1727, 1822 and 1827. The Caroli church is the oldest of Borås's buildings, and has withstood all fires. In its 2017 report, Police in Sweden placed the Norrby, Hässleholmen and Hulta districts in the most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates . In 2021, Borås marked its 400th anniversary. The city arms depicts two pairs of sheep shears ,

784-399: Was introduced in 1930. The municipal amalgamations placed more and more rural areas within city municipalities, which was the other side of the same problem. The administrative boundaries were in fact not suitable for defining rural and urban populations. From 1950 rural and urban areas had to be separated even within city limits, as, e.g., the huge wilderness around Kiruna had been declared

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