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11 unusual facts about Linköping


2008–09 Swedish Figure Skating Championships

The 2008–2009 season Swedish Championships were held in the Cloetta Center in Linköping between December 4 and 7, 2008.

Albatros B.II

An FVM-built Sk 1 Albatros is on public display in the Swedish Air Force Museum near Linköping.

Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland

At her departure from Sweden in July 1594, she was granted Linköping, Söderköping and Stegeborg on the condition that she respect the Protestant belief within these feifs.

Arie van Beek

He is a regular guest conductor with the orchestras of Avignon and Poitou-Charentes in France, the orchestras of Örebro, Sundsvall and Linköping in Sweden and the Östgöta Wind Orchestra in Switzerland.

Carin du Rietz

One of the coachmen of the city of Linköping, Petter Cederlöf, had suddenly taken ill and died within ten hours.

Caroline Lewenhaupt

Caroline (Karolina Juliana Anna Ulrika) Lewenhaupt (1754, Oberbronn - 1826 Linköping), was a Swedish courtier, poet and amateur actor.

Christina Rahm

In 1804–1809, she was a member in the travelling theatre of Carl Stenborg, and performed in Linköping, Karlskrona Kalmar and Gothenburg.

Glam Sam And His Combo

Mats Samuelsson, born in 1965 in Linköping, first played in an Indie-Jazz pop duo and then went back to university.

Liten Agda and Olof Tyste

The scandal of the convent abduction was reported to bishop Hans Brask in Linköping, who issued a ban on the couple and declared them outlaws.

Saab Catherina

The prototype was first displayed, however, only on 24 April 1965, at the Linköping Sports Centre.

Thing of all Geats

According to Ostrogothic law (Östgötalagen), Lionga thing was a similar assembly in Östergötland, held in Linköping in the Middle Ages and somewhere in its vicinity earlier.


Claës Fredrik Hornstedt

Claës Fredrik Hornstedt (12 February 1758 Linköping – May 1809 Helsinki) was a Swedish naturalist, taxonomist, botanical illustrator and a protégé of Carl Peter Thunberg.

Garnisonen

There are also many public sector agencies such as Linköping District Court, Police, Prosecutor's office, Probation Service and the Swedish National Laboratory of Forensic Science.

Garnisonen ("Garrison") is a district in Linköping, which was previously the site of the two military units closed down in July 1997, Livgrenadjärregementet (I 4) and Svea artilleriregemente (A 1).

Göta Canal

After the canal was opened, Motala Verkstad focused on producing equipment, locomotives and rolling stock for the newly constructed railways, beginning a tradition of railway engineering that continues to this day in the form of AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning (ASJA) that was bought by the aeroplane manufacturer SAAB in Linköping.

Heinkel HE 5

Two HE 5s are preserved in museums - one at the Flygvapenmuseum in Linköping, and one at the Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego in Kraków.

Inga Varg

1994: Winner of the prestigious Swedish Association of Architects’ Kasper Salin Award (Kasper Salin-priset) for the corporate headquarters of Nordic sustainable energy company Tekniska Verken in Linköping (awarded together with Gustaf Rosenberg.)

Katedralskolan, Linköping

In accordance with its commitment to international cooperation, the school also maintains exchange programmes with schools in Herborn, Germany, the lycée de l'Elorn, Landerneau, France and Scarborough, England, Linköping's sister city Joensuu, Finland, and Spain.

Kreatel

Kreatel Communications AB was a Swedish technology company, based in Linköping, that provides set-top boxes and software platforms for IPTV systems.

Lykke

Nina Lykke (born 1949), Swedish professor of gender studies at Linköping University

Pär Lindström

Pär Arne Lindström (born October 29, 1970 in Linköping, Östergötland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden.

Peter Petreius

Peer Peersson was born in the family of Uppsala Cathedral priest; his father, Per-Benedict Persson, later became the Bishop of Västerås and Linköping.

Vladimir Gilelevich Maz'ya

In 1990, they left the URSS for Sweden, where Prof. Maz'ya obtained the Swedish citizenship and started to work at Linköping University.