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51-748: Linköping University Male Voice Choir (Sw. Linköpings Studentsångare , former Linköpings Studentsångarförening Lihkören ) is a Swedish male chorus founded in 1972, based in Linköping . The choir has produced many recordings and performed on national and international TV and radio channels. The choir has made many tours abroad such as: Denmark in 1980 and 1996 Finland in 1983, 1987, 1990, 1998, 2003 and 2005, United States in 1988, Jordan in 1989, Norway in 1977, 1993, 2001, 2004 and 2008, Great Britain in 1994, 2005, 2007 and 2010, Spain in 1996, Estonia in 1999 and 2014, South Africa in 2000, Macedonia in 2013, and Croatia in 2008. Conductor and music director since 1979

102-595: A coalition majority named "coalition for Linköping" with 40 out of 79 mandates , while the minority opposition in Linköping consist each separate by: the Moderate Party (M; Moderaterna), Centre Party (C; Center Partiet), Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna), Left Party (V; Vänsterpartiet) and the Sweden Democrats (SD; Sverige Demokraterna). The Swedish Air Force Museum is located near

153-535: A close association with motorcycle speedway , hosting the team known as Filbyterna from 1948 to 2010. The first venue was at the old Linköping Motorstadion or Gamla Motorstadion in Ryd (the site where Linköpings Rugbyklubb play). When this speedway track was demolished in 1972, the team moved to the Sviestad Motorstadion in 1973 until their closure in 2010. The stadium continues to host events and held

204-797: A customer base largely consisting of public authorities. With different customer groups come different management strategies and priorities. Opportunities to strengthen these operations in the long term are greater in the new organisation. Industrial Products and Services will work with individual growth strategies for each business unit. Support and Services offer maintenance, integrated support, field facilities, logistics and regional aircraft maintenance. Saab Aircraft Leasing leases and resells Saab aircraft to airlines. It completed 30 transactions in 2010. The Saab Barracuda LLC facility in Lillington, North Carolina , manufactures signature management products and provides customized services. Foremost among

255-402: A mean temperature of 21.8 °C (71.2 °F), with the subtropical border being at 22 °C (72 °F) for the warmest month. Normally summer highs average in the low 20s and winter temperatures commonly hover just above the freezing point during the day, then falls below it at night. In 2000, 10.9 per cent of the population in Linköping municipality had a foreign background. Since then,

306-483: A popular site with both residents and tourists. NärCon , the largest anime and gaming convention in the Nordic countries , is held in Linköping. Teams from Linköping are prominent in floorball , volleyball ( Linköpings VC ) and ice hockey ( Linköpings HC ; see above, or "Cluben" as some fans refer to it). The hockey team allied itself with Linköping's women's football team and created Linköpings FC , which plays in

357-632: A presence in Linköping, as one of its subsidiaries, BT Industries, is located in nearby Mjölby . The city is situated south of lake Roxen (which is part of the historically important water paths Motala ström and the Göta Canal ) where the E4 , Sweden's highway backbone, crosses the river Stångån (and Kinda kanal ). It is situated on the main southern railway line connecting Stockholm with Malmö and Danish capital Copenhagen . Linköping/Saab Airport offers daily connections to Amsterdam . In 2019,

408-568: A proper aircraft manufacturer. It would soon merge with aircraft manufacturer ASJA (founded in 1931), located in Linköping , in 1940, which had it own design bureau and is considered the spiritual predecessor to today's Saab AB. This formed the SAAB- concern , with the factory in Trollhättan becoming SAAB/T and the factory in Linköping (previously ASJA) becoming SAAB/L and design headquarters . From 1947, Saab started producing automobiles,

459-470: A sort of stock sharing consortium lead under a parent company . Such a deal was struck in 1937, with support from the SAF, the parent company being named AB Förenade Flygverkstäder ( AFF ). To ease future competition, Bofors bought out small competitor E. Sparmanns aircraft workshop , which at the time was developing a modern fighter for the SAF, under the name of Sparmann E4  [ sv ] . Despite

510-581: Is Hans Lundgren, director musices at Linköping University . The choir gained two first prizes in The Third British International Male Voice Choral Festival in May 2007. The conductor was awarded the festival's Conductor's Award . This article about a Swedish band or other musical ensemble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Link%C3%B6ping Nowadays, Linköping

561-454: Is an art gallery located in the main square. Tornby, to the north of the city centre, is a shopping area with retail outlets. The city and its environs offer all sorts of green landscapes to see and experience. Two examples are a park named after the group responsible for it, Trädgårdsföreningen (The Garden Society), and the Tinnerö area with its oak woodland. Local bodies of water include

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612-501: Is known for its university and its high-technology industry. Linköping wants to create a sustainable development of the city and therefore plans to become a carbon-neutral community by 2025. Located on the Östergötland Plain, Linköping is closely linked to Norrköping , roughly 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the east, near the sea. The city is possibly named after the Lionga ting assembly which according to Medieval Scandinavian laws

663-574: Is the Linköping University Male Voice Choir . Linköping is also the home of theatrical heavy metal band Ghost and rock band the Pusjkins ( sv ). The area around the main square was re-planned in the 1960s, and many old houses were destroyed. Some, however, were moved to Gamla Linköping (Old Linköping), in the city's western part, neighbouring the university's main campus. It is a living museum environment and

714-563: Is the top owner. In August 2023, it was announced Saab had acquired the Bedford, UK –based manufacturer of AI -enabled autonomous swarm systems, Blue Bear Research Systems. In September 2023, it was announced Saab had acquired the San Francisco –headquartered Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning development company, CrowdAI. The main focus of aircraft production is fighter aircraft . Saab has been making aircraft since

765-572: The Carl Gustaf , AT4 /AT4 CS, STRIX and NLAW . Missile systems offered are the RBS 70 , RBS 23 and RBS 15 . Surveillance offers airborne surveillance (including GlobalEye , Saab 2000 Erieye ) AEW&C and fighter radar, ground-based and naval radar (including the Giraffe radar range), electronic warfare (including IDAS and ESTL) and combat systems and C4I. Industrial Products and Services

816-592: The Saab Group ( Swedish : Saabgruppen ), is a Swedish aerospace and defense company primarily operating from Sweden. The company is headquartered in Stockholm , but its development and manufacturing operations are undertaken in Linköping . The company was formally founded by AB Bofors in 1937, by reforming the aero engine division of company NOHAB (founded in 1930), located in Trollhättan , into

867-575: The Swedish Air Force (SAF) to create aircraft weaponry and ordnance and wanted to create an aircraft manufacturing subortinate which could take a monopoly over the SAF's future aircraft orders, a premise supported by the SAF. At the time, however, there already was a competing company formed with this premise in 1931, by the name of ASJA ( AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning , lit.   ' The Swedish Railway workshops Aeroplane department ' ), located in Linköping , which

918-633: The camouflage , concealment and deception products is the Ultra Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS) which provides multi-spectral protection against visual, near infrared, thermal infrared and broadband radar detection. ULCANS is fielded with the U.S. Army and other Department of Defense organizations and is available in both woodland and desert versions. Saab Barracuda is one of only two qualified suppliers of ULCANS in North America, and currently has

969-501: The execution of five of Charles's political opponents on the main square of Linköping on 20 March 1600. Linköping was a small town until 1937, when the Saab aircraft industry was formed, starting a period of rapid expansion. Linköping University was established in the 1960s. Today the city is a center of high-technology and software industry. Linköping has a humid continental climate ( Dfb ), though with maritime influences, retaining

1020-706: The missile interests. In December 2005 Saab joined the Dassault nEUROn project as a major partner. In October 2008 the company announced its intention to merge its operations with that of Simrad Optronics . The new unit will develop high-tech optronics products and will be headquartered in Norway, although other details of the new arrangement have not been finalized. In 2010 the company restructured from fifteen business units into five business areas; Aeronautics, Dynamics, Electronic Defence Systems, Security and Defence Solutions, and Support and Services. According to Saab

1071-798: The 1930s, and the jet predecessors of the JAS 39 Gripen were the Tunnan , the Lansen , the Draken and the Viggen . The last civilian models made by Saab were the Saab 340 and Saab 2000 . Both were mid-range turboprop -powered airliners. The development and the manufacturing of these aircraft is undertaken in Linköping. In May 2019, Saab announced plans to locate a new U.S. manufacturing operation in Discovery Park District Aerospace on

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1122-847: The JAS 39 Gripen and the Skeldar VTOL UAV. Aeronautics is also partner in the European joint UAV-project Dassault nEUROn , where Saab develop avionics and is responsible for the overall architecture and design. Marketing and support of the JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet is also included in the Aeronautics business area. Dynamics offers ground combat weapons, missile systems, torpedoes, sensor systems, unmanned underwater vehicles such as Sabertooth and signature management systems, remotely operated vehicles for armed forces as well as civil security applications. Short range weapons offered include

1173-775: The World Championship round called the Speedway Grand Prix of Sweden from 1995 to 2000 and the 2022 Swedish Individual Speedway Championship . General elections were held in Sweden on 14 September 2014 to elect the Riksdag , all 21 county councils and 290 municipal assemblies . The local Social Democrats (S; Social Demokraterna), Green Party (MP; Miljöpartiet) and the Liberal People's Party (L; Liberalerna, formerly FP; Folk Partiet) formed

1224-415: The automobile division being spun off as Saab Automobile in 1990, a joint venture with General Motors . The joint venture ended in 2000 when GM took complete ownership. From 1968 onwards the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania-Vabis , known as Saab-Scania . The two were de-merged in 1995 by the new owners, Investor AB . Despite the demerger , both Saab and Scania share

1275-414: The cathedral in 1251. In the reign of Gustavus Vasa several important diets were held in the town. Religious centers tend to become educational centers, and Linköping was no exception. A cathedral school can be traced from 1266. In 1627 the current Linköping cathedral school was established, making it the third oldest gymnasium in Sweden. Also, Linköping was the site for the final settlement of

1326-651: The city started experimenting with two autonomous buses that run along a 2 km route around the university campus . The city is home to Linköping University and its associated hospital Linköping University Hospital . The Katedralskolan (English: Cathedral School ) is the third oldest gymnasium in the country. Source in Swedish: Saab Group Saab AB (originally S venska A eroplan A ktie b olaget , lit.   ' The Swedish Aeroplane Corporation ' , acronym SAAB ), with subsidiaries collectively known as

1377-669: The company sought ways in which to diversify its business. Before the Second World War, a majority of cars in Sweden were imported from the United States. The US car manufacturers were producing tanks during the war, and the US domestic market took all the US car production in the late 1940s. Hence there was a large supply shortage of private cars in Europe and Sweden, and buyers were facing waiting lists for years for new cars. In

1428-676: The consortium, SAAB in Trollhättan (previously Nohab Flygmotorfabrik AB) still had to compete with ASJA over contracts and the cooperation never came to fruition. While SAAB in Trollhättan got a few contracts, such as license producing the Junkers Ju 86 bomber for the Swedish Air Force (SAF designation B 3 ) in 1938, ASJA won most of the contracts from the SAF, such as license production of the Hawker Hart ( B 4 ) and Northrop Model 8 ( B 5 ). After ASJA's design bureau produced

1479-524: The dispute between king Sigismund III Vasa and his uncle Duke Charles , the latter prevailing in the battle of Stångebro (the main bridge in Linköping) on 25 September 1598. This ultimately led to the rise to the throne of Charles ( de facto at the 1600 Riksdag of the Estates meeting in Linköping and formally four years later) and the end of the short-lived Swedish-Polish personal union , as well as

1530-463: The highest division. The team won the Swedish Cup in 2006 and 2014. The world's largest floorball club Linköping Innebandy resides in the indoor sports arena in the city centre. The city continues to lack a first-class men's team in football with several teams competing in the lower leagues. Other sports clubs include: Linköping hosted the 1968 World Orienteering Championships . The city has

1581-769: The lakes Roxen, Rängen and Järnlunden, the River Stångån/Kinda Canal and the Göta Canal with the Berg locks. These areas can be accessed by foot, bicycle, or boat. Linköping is the home of the Linköping Symphony Orchestra. The city is one of the sites of the Östergötland Music Days each summer, and the host of the Student Orchestra Festival in May every other year. One of the most notable choirs in Linköping

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1632-453: The large differences between seasons but being comparatively mild when measured against other areas of the world on similar latitudes. Linköping tends to be slightly cooler in summer than nearby areas in the Mälar valley, but still was the weather station in Sweden among the officially listed for monthly statistics, that until 2018 had come the closest to a subtropical month, with July 1914 having

1683-412: The late 1940s, Saab began manufacturing cars at its Saab Automobile division, based in Trollhättan. The first car was the Saab 92 ; full-scale production started 12 December 1949, based on the prototype Ursaab . Around 1950 the style "Saab" started being used instead of the all caps "SAAB". In the late 1950s Saab ventured into the computer market with Datasaab . The company was a result partly of

1734-658: The locks of Berg on the Göta Canal , the locks of the Kinda Canal, Gamla Linköping, Valla skogen and Valla fritidsområde (Old Linköping, Valla Wood , and the Valla recreational area), Flygvapen museum (the Air Force Museum), Linköping's domkyrka (the cathedral), Slotts- och domkyrkomuseet (the Castle and Cathedral Museum) and Östergötlands Länsmuseum (the Östergötland County Museum). Konsthallen Passagen

1785-438: The main reason behind the merger with lorry manufacturer Scania-Vabis in 1968 had disappeared. Also in 1995 Saab Military Aircraft and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems ) formed the joint venture company Saab-BAe Gripen AB, to manufacture, market and support Gripen internationally. This co-operation was extended in 2001 with the formation of Gripen International for the same purpose. From 1998 until 2005, British Aerospace/BAE

1836-412: The need to make a computer that would be small enough to mount in an aeroplane as navigational equipment. During the 1960s several computers were developed and sold to European countries, for uses such as banking. The aircraft computer (CK 37) was used in 1971 in the Viggen . The company was sold in 1975 to Sperry UNIVAC , while Saab retained its flight computer development. In May 1965, the company name

1887-513: The outstanding shares in Saab-Scania for approximately SEK 21 billion. Saab-Scania became a wholly owned subsidiary of Investor AB and the company was de-listed. In 1995 Saab-Scania was divided by Investor AB into two independent companies, de-merging into Scania AB and Saab AB. The intention by Investor AB was to broaden ownership in the two companies later. Following the sale of 50% of the car division Saab Automobile AB to General Motors,

1938-527: The restructuring was undertaken to become more market and customer oriented. In March 2010, BAE Systems sold half of its 20% stake in the company to Investor AB, which then became the major shareholder. In June 2011, the British company sold its remaining stake bringing its 16-year involvement in Saab to an end. As of August 2020, Investor AB owns a 30.16% stake in the company (39.69% of the voting rights) and

1989-601: The right to use the griffin logo, which originates from the coat of arms of the Swedish region of Scania . Saab was founded by AB Bofors in 1937 as Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget ( acronym SAAB ; lit.   ' The Swedish Aeroplane Corporation ' ), located in Trollhättan , by reforming the aircraft engine division of engineering company NOHAB ( Nohab Flygmotorfabrik AB , lit.   ' Nohab Aero engine factory ' ), which had been acquired by Bofors in 1935. Bofors had in recent years been in development with

2040-543: The share has gradually increased and in 2019 its share amounted to 23.1 percent. Top 5 largest immigrant communities are: 1. [REDACTED] Iraq – 3850 2. [REDACTED] Somalia - 2345 3. [REDACTED] Eritrea - 1129 4. [REDACTED] Iran - 988 5. [REDACTED] Bosnia and Herzegovina - 667 Linköping offers a wealth of leisure activities to people of all ages. Residents and visitors are able to enjoy art, theatre, history, concerts, markets, festivals and sporting events. Special sights of interests are:

2091-598: The town. One of the biggest employers in Linköping is Saab which among other products manufactures the SAAB Gripen fighter jet and where the SAAB 340 twin-engine commuter turboprop was produced at Linköping/Saab Airport . The city also has a strong presence in information technology with the headquarters of IFS AB , Sectra AB and Cambio Healthcare Systems AB , as well as the presence of Motorola , Ericsson , Infor , and many others. Toyota Industries Sweden AB has

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2142-677: The west side of the Purdue University campus. The facility will do the final assembly of the T-X advanced jet trainer, which is a plane developed by Boeing and Saab for the United States Air Force. Aeronautics offers airborne systems, related subsystems, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and aerostructures. The business area Aeronautics is responsible for airframe structures for JAS 39 Gripen , and whole sections for Airbus , Boeing and NH90 ; & system development of

2193-488: The winning designs for what eventually became the Saab 17 (ASJA L-10) and Saab 18 (ASJA L-11), beating out AFF/SAAB's competing F.1 and G.1 designs, it was decided in March 1939 to scrap AFF and formally reform ASJA into the SAAB- concern , the Trollhättan factory (previously Nohab) becoming SAAB/T and the Linköping factory (previous ASJA) becoming SAAB/L , the latter becoming headquarters . The basic initial development

2244-487: Was a successor to Svenska Aero ( SA ) under Sven Blomberg, head designer of the Svenska Aero Jaktfalken fighter plane. ASJA had solicit Blomberg from Svenska Aero in 1930 and later purchased the company in 1932 along with their portfolio of designs, quickly making them the leading aeroplane manufacturer in Sweden at the time. Bofors started negotiating with ASJA in 1936 to see if they could enter into

2295-420: Was changed to Saab AB to reflect its broad range of activities. In 1968 Saab AB merged with the Swedish lorry, bus and heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturer Scania-Vabis , and became Saab-Scania AB. In 1990 General Motors bought 51% of the car division Saab Automobile , and acquired the rest a decade later. In 1991 Investor AB completed a leveraged buyout of Saab-Scania AB. Investor AB acquired all

2346-456: Was established in 1128, and the oldest parts of the cathedral are also from the 12th century (although it has been changed many times since then, the eye-catching tower with copper roofing being a 19th-century product). On several occasions attempts to achieve a separate Swedish archdiocese were based in Linköping, although, when they finally were successful in 1164, Uppsala was chosen instead. The coronation of Valdemar Birgersson took place in

2397-555: Was established on 1 January 2015 and comprises the business units Combitech, Avionics Systems, Aerostructures, Traffic Management, Vricon as well as the development of product ideas that fall outside of Saab's core business. The business units within Industrial Products and Services differ from Saab's other operations by their focus on business-to-business (B2B) customers or because they are not dependent on Saab's principal end-customers. Other business areas within Saab have

2448-444: Was the SAAB 17 light dive bomber (first flight: 1940-05-18), soon followed by the SAAB 18 schnellbomber (first flight: 1942-06-19) and SAAB 21 single-seat fighter (first flight: 1943-07-30), among other developments, the latter being the first aircraft to see service with a modern style ejection seat , using gunpowder to eject instead of compressed air like the contemporary German counterparts. Originally manufacturing aircraft,

2499-495: Was the largest shareholder in Saab following its acquisition of a 35% stake from Investor AB . In January 2005, BAE Systems reduced its shareholding to 20%. Investor AB maintained a 20% share. On 16 November 1999, Saab announced its intention is to purchase Celsius AB and the acquisition was concluded by early March 2000. In September 2000 United Defense Industries (UDI) purchased Bofors Weapon Systems from Saab (the autocannon and tube artillery interests), while Saab retained

2550-601: Was the most important thing in Östergötland . Exact location of the Lionga ting is not known, but it was along the Eriksgata . The term " -köping " means there was a market there. Historically, Linköping is famed for being an early diocese , c. 1082, second in Sweden (within its pre-1658 boundaries) only to Skara . The diocese is first mentioned in 1104 in the so-called " List of Florence " ( Lionga. Kaupinga ). The monastery of Vreta Kloster near Roxen north of Linköping

2601-588: Was the problems for the Swedish government to get quality military aircraft delivered at the beginning of the Second World War . The final trigger was the inability to get a large number of Seversky P-35 delivered from the United States. From then on the Swedish government focused on establishing domestic production and development of military aircraft which Saab became involved in, a policy that has continued to this day. The first SAAB-developed aircraft

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