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23-532: Tingstadstunneln (Tingstad Tunnel) is a motorway tunnel under the Göta älv , connecting Hisingen with mainland Gothenburg . The tunnel was constructed with two parallel immersed tubes with three lanes of traffic in each tube. It is part of the E6 route linking Norway with south-west Sweden. Construction started on 17   January 1961, and the tunnel was inaugurated at 11:30 am on 29   March 1968. The tunnel has

46-473: Is Hisingsparken , which is also the largest park in Gothenburg. Rya skog , a smaller forest and a nature reserve , is located in the south of Hisingen. Ramberget , an 87 m hill, is a well-known landmark. It is part of Keiller's Park, which was established in 1908 and covers an area of over 31 hectares. From the top of the hill, which can be reached by car, there is a wide view of the whole city. All of

69-399: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hisingen Hisingen ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhîːsɪŋɛn] ) is the fifth-largest island of Sweden (after Gotland , Öland , Södertörn and Orust ), with an area of 199 km (77 sq mi). It is a river island , formed by the split of the Göta Älv at Bohus , and is defined to the east and south by

92-410: Is a church, constructed in 1864. It was not inaugurated until four years later, in 1868. According to blue prints by the architect J F Åbom, the construction costs were estimated at 40,453 SEK . Many reparairs and changes have been made to the church since its construction, and the originally tall tower was replaced with the current, shorter, one in 1927; the current retable was installed in 1906; and

115-502: Is a suburb in Gothenburg , and was one of Gothenburg’s 20 districts. On January 1, 2011 Backa merged with two other districts of Gothenburg , Kärra-Rödbo and Tuve-Säve, to form the district of Norra Hisingen. This change was part of a larger reorganisation, reducing the number of districts in Gothenburg from 20 to 10. Backa is predominantly a residential area, featuring mostly high and low rise apartment buildings, many built during

138-491: Is a town square, featuring shops, a library, a school, a kindergarten, a post office, and other services. There is also a cultural centre, Backa Kulturhus, where children can playact and dance. Backa Folkets Hus , which was previously known as Tingstads Folkets Hus, was inaugurated in 1924 after years of collecting funds. It was built as a meeting hall for the people of Backa and the outlying areas, where they could come together for dances, chess, and film screenings. In 1971,

161-556: Is located at Säve in the northern part of Hisingen. In 2014 Statistics Sweden declared it to instead be the fifth largest island, under a definition which adds artificial canals to the possible bodies of water surrounding an island. It has been noted that under this definition, all of Götaland would be the country's largest island, rendering Hisingen instead the sixth largest. 57°46′N 11°53′E  /  57.767°N 11.883°E  / 57.767; 11.883 Backa, Gothenburg Backa also known as Hisings Backa

184-597: The Million Programme , a project which involved the building of one million apartments between the years of 1965 and 1975, large residential areas were constructed in Backa, which led to a rapid increase in population. Between 1963 and 1965, Brunnsbo Torg, a town square with surrounding apartment buildings, was constructed in Southern Backa, and Northern Backa expanded between 1968 and 1971. Backa Kyrka

207-442: The Million Programme . These are made up of a mix between rented apartments and privately owned condominiums. Backa also features several villa areas. Backa had a population of 23,570 at the 2008 census. The demographics are slowly changing, and an ageing population has led the local government to focus increasingly on accommodation for the elderly. There were approximately 160 associations in Backa, ranging from sports clubs, such as

230-449: The Port of Gothenburg is also located on Hisingen. The etymology of the name Hisingen is disputed. Hísing makes its first appearance in 13th century Icelandic sources; Hisingen is dated back to 1399. The basic meaning of the prefix His - is "to split, cut off" and can be found in the placenames Hisøy and Hisön . Hence, the name can be interpreted as "the island cut off from

253-592: The 2023 census, the island of Hisingen in Sweden has a population of 176,047, making it the second most populous island in Sweden, after Södermalm but before Gotland . For a brief, post-war period Hisingen was home to the largest shipbuilding centre in the world, but all three yards closed in 1979. Hisingen is home to both the Volvo Group and the now separate Volvo Cars . Most of the Nordic countries' largest port,

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276-483: The building was sold to the City of Gothenburg , dissolving the association which had run the building's services and events. After some years, however, demands for a meeting hall increased, and the association was reinstated, with the building open to the public. In the early 1990s, the meeting hall became an important location for local youths, where they could engage in such activities as graffiti and break dancing. Backa

299-451: The cross on top of the building is from 1955. For the 100th anniversary in 1964, the church received generous allowances, which were used to repaint the roof and the benches. Backa Kyrka stands in the spot of two earlier churches. The first was Medeltidskyrkan, which was constructed in 1692, and the second was 1700–tals kyrkan, an 18th-century church which was demolished to accommodate the construction of Backa Kyrka. Selma Lagerlöfs Torg

322-515: The first car, the Volvo ÖV 4 , was produced in 1927. Today, the company still has its main office and production facilities on the island. The Volvo Museum is also located nearby. Over the last 20 years, the northern bank of Göta älv has undergone major expansion. Residential areas, university buildings and high tech industry have largely replaced the shipyards. The island has a diverse landscape with coasts, farms and forests. The biggest forest area

345-546: The football club Hisingsbacka FC and Backatorps IF, handball club Backa HK Sharks and floorball club IBF Backadalen Red Lions, to ones associated with cultural and religious questions. The first time Backa is mentioned is in Röde bok, a record of the properties of the Bishop of Oslo in the 1390s. Backa belonged to Norway in the 13th century, and due to the many wars between Norway, Denmark and Sweden during that period, Backa

368-451: The island (comprising Lundy and Tuve parishes) belonging to Sweden while the remainder (Rödbo, Säfve, Backa , Björlanda and Torslanda parishes) was Norwegian. It was on Hisingen that the first town with the name Gothenburg existed. It was founded by king Charles IX in 1607 on the southern shore of Hisingen, at Färjenäs . It was inhabited mostly by Dutch merchants, enticed to settle there by favourable economic conditions. However,

391-618: The island belongs to Gothenburg Municipality . It is divided up into three boroughs : The island is linked to the mainland by several bridges, including the Hisingen Bridge , the Älvsborg Bridge , and the Tingstadstunneln motorway tunnel (a second motorway tunnel is also planned). A number of bus routes, as well as tram lines 5, 6 10 and 13, connect the island to central Gothenburg. Gothenburg City Airport (Gothenburg's second international airport after Landvetter )

414-538: The lowest motorway elevation in Sweden, at 15 m (49 ft) below sea level (nearby Götatunneln is lower and designed like a motorway but not signposted as one). The tunnel has severe traffic congestion problems since several years, so therefore a new tunnel is built a little farther north, Marieholmstunneln , to be opened in 2020. This article about transport in Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This European tunnel-related article

437-524: The main arm of that river, to the north by the smaller arm (known as the Nordre Älv), and to the west by the Kattegat . The southern part of Hisingen is extensively urbanised , representing the northern suburbs of the city of Gothenburg . The island is divided between the historical provinces of Västergötland and Bohuslän , but lies entirely within the modern county of Västra Götaland . According to

460-567: The mainland". The Tumlehed rock painting and remains of ancient settlements prove that Hisingen was inhabited by the year 9000 BC. During the Middle Ages , the Göta Älv represented the frontier between the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden , with the river island of Hisingen being divided between the two realms. The division was not equal, with only the southern quarter of

483-611: The town was completely destroyed by the Danes in 1611, during the Kalmar War . Under the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde , the Norwegian province of Bohuslän was ceded to Sweden, thereby uniting Hisingen under Swedish control, although the old border was preserved in the division between the districts of Västra Hisings härad  [ sv ] (the formerly Norwegian area) and Östra Hisings härad  [ sv ] . The island

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506-418: Was a strategically important area. The mouth of the Göta Älv river was a particularly strategic point. Backa became a part of Sweden in 1658. In 1938 the decision was made to incorporate Backa into Gothenburg. Due to opposition from the residents and from the local government, this process was not completed until 1948. Due to its fertile soil, Backa remained a rural area up until the 1960s, but during

529-412: Was mostly farmland until the 19th century, when industrialization began and companies like Arendalsvarvet , Eriksberg , Götaverken and Lindholmen started operating there. For most of the 20th century, until the shipyard crisis in the 1970s, the island was the focus for Swedish shipbuilding. The Volvo car manufacturer has its roots on Hisingen; it was there that their first factory was located and

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