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8 unusual facts about Trollhättan


Norra Älvsborgs Länssjukhus

Norra Älvsborgs Länssjukhus (Swedish for Northern Älvsborg county hospital), commonly called NÄL, is a hospital located in Trollhättan.

Saab 9-5

On November 24, 2009, the first pre-series Saab 9-5 of the new generation rolled off the Trollhättan production line.

Saab Automobile bankruptcy

Buskhe said that as long as any potential buyer would continue production and development in Trollhättan Saab AB would grant the use of the name but that it will block any deal with a buyer who had the intent of taking production and development outside Sweden.

Saab Catherina

The Catherina ended up on display in the SAAB museum in Trollhättan, but Sason used some of the design cues previewed in the Catherina in his later design, the mass-market Saab 99.

Saab MFI13

Both cars were brought to Trollhättan for examination and the MFI car was determined to be the most suitable for further development.

Subaru Tribeca

Saab had withheld its version of Tribeca from the public until a July 2011 prototype release at the Saab museum in Trollhättan.

Trollhättan

As of 2011 Trollhättan hosts a film production complex known as Trollywood; movies shot there include Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål), Dancer in the Dark and Dogville.

It also has a number of industrial facilities, headed by GKN Aerospace (previously known as Volvo Aero) and its contractual suppliers.


Fredrik Magnus Piper

He studied mathematics and hydraulics at Uppsala University between 1764 and 1766, after which he went on to specialise in engineering in a special school in Trollhättan and at the naval base in Karlskrona.

Norra Älvsborgs Länssjukhus

The hospital was completed in 1988 and was a merger between two hospitals in Trollhättan and Vänersborg.


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