It is located some 15 kilometers north of Gothenburg. Surte became well-known for its glass works that started production in 1862 and became one of the major mechanized glass works in Sweden. It was bought by PLM [sv] in 1960 and shut down in 1978.
In Surte, there was a large landslide in 1950, which killed one person and destroyed 30 houses. More houses had to be removed, causing 450 people to lose their home. It also blocked the river which had frequent ship traffic.
Surte was the hometown of Alexander Samuelson. Although he was not the designer, he was the man named on the 1915 design patent for the legendary contour Coca-Cola bottle.[3]
The international Grand Master of chessGideon Ståhlberg, one of the world's strongest players in the 1940s, was born and is buried in Surte.
Surte is home to the bandy club Surte BK. They built one of the first indoor bandy arenas in Sweden (and subsequently in the world), which was the first in Götaland.[4]
The village Bohus, located 2½ km (1½ mile) north of Surte centre, has grown together with Surte and, in official statistics, is handled as one village.
References
^ abc"Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 23.
^Alexander Samuelson, "Design for a Bottle or Similar Object," U. S. Patent D48160, Nov. 1915.
^. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
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surte, swedish, pronunciation, ˈsɵ, ʈːɛ, listen, locality, situated, municipality, västra, götaland, county, sweden, inhabitants, 2010, church, located, town, september, 2008show, västra, götalandshow, swedencoordinates, coordinates, 017countryswedenprovincevä. Surte Swedish pronunciation ˈsɵ ʈːɛ listen 2 is a locality situated in Ale Municipality Vastra Gotaland County Sweden It had 5 798 inhabitants in 2010 1 Surte Church is located in the town SurteSurte in September 2008SurteShow map of Vastra GotalandSurteShow map of SwedenCoordinates 57 49 N 12 01 E 57 817 N 12 017 E 57 817 12 017 Coordinates 57 49 N 12 01 E 57 817 N 12 017 E 57 817 12 017CountrySwedenProvinceVastergotlandand BohuslanCountyVastra Gotaland CountyMunicipalityAle MunicipalityArea 1 Total3 61 km2 1 39 sq mi Population 31 December 2010 including Bohus 1 Total5 798 Density1 604 km2 4 150 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST It is located some 15 kilometers north of Gothenburg Surte became well known for its glass works that started production in 1862 and became one of the major mechanized glass works in Sweden It was bought by PLM sv in 1960 and shut down in 1978 In Surte there was a large landslide in 1950 which killed one person and destroyed 30 houses More houses had to be removed causing 450 people to lose their home It also blocked the river which had frequent ship traffic Surte was the hometown of Alexander Samuelson Although he was not the designer he was the man named on the 1915 design patent for the legendary contour Coca Cola bottle 3 The international Grand Master of chess Gideon Stahlberg one of the world s strongest players in the 1940s was born and is buried in Surte Surte is home to the bandy club Surte BK They built one of the first indoor bandy arenas in Sweden and subsequently in the world which was the first in Gotaland 4 The village Bohus located 2 km 1 mile north of Surte centre has grown together with Surte and in official statistics is handled as one village References Edit a b c Tatorternas landareal folkmangd och invanare per km2 2005 och 2010 in Swedish Statistics Sweden 14 December 2011 Archived from the original on 27 January 2012 Retrieved 10 January 2012 Joran Sahlgren Gosta Bergman 1979 Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter in Swedish p 23 Alexander Samuelson Design for a Bottle or Similar Object U S Patent D48160 Nov 1915 Ale Arena ENGLISH Archived from the original on 2009 10 28 Retrieved 2009 12 02 This article about a location in Vastra Gotaland County Sweden is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Surte amp oldid 1105502445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
