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Coordinates: 57°46′N 12°18′E / 57.767°N 12.300°E / 57.767; 12.300
Country	Sweden
Province	Västergötland
County	Västra Götaland County
Municipality	Lerum Municipality
Area
• Total	14.27 km (5.51 sq mi)
Population
• Total	16,855
• Density	1,181/km (3,060/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010.

Overview

Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg.

The river of Säveån runs through Lerum municipality. 5 kilometres (3 miles) of it is surrounded by the nature reserve Säveåns Naturreservat, where bridges dating back as far as the 18th century as well as a variety of animal life and beautiful nature can be found.

Lerum train crash

Lerum hit the world's news bulletins on 16 November 1987, when two Intercity trains collided just outside the local station, killing 9 and injuring 140.

A control cable to the trailroad switches had been incorrectly reconnected after being dug up accidentally. When traffic was finally allowed to pass the station, the Gothenburg bound train was switched over to the opposite track where an outbound train was arriving, after a mistake in communication between the repairer and the traffic leader. An off-duty trainmaster, reading the paper in one of the locomotives, heard the train driver say "Helvete nu smäller det" (roughly translated: "Hell, now that's a crash"). He managed to open the side door and leap out, the trains collided when he was still in the air and despite doing this at 100 km/h (62 mph) he survived with just a broken foot.

The involved locomotives were Rc4 1292 and 1300, they were scrapped on the spot.

Schools

There are several schools in Lerum. (incomplete list)

• Torpskolan
• Rydsbergsskolan
• Aspenässkolan
• Lerums gymnasium
• Knappekullaskolan
• Almekärrsskolan
• Hulanskolan

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Lerum:

• Lerums BK
• Lerums IS
• FBC Lerum
• Lerums Landhockey

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Lerum is twinned with:

• Aalborg, Denmark
• Baldone, Latvia

Notable people

• Joel Berghult, musician and YouTuber
• Anton Johansson, comedian
• Olof Stahre, Officer and Equestrian

References

1. ^ "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
2. "Swedish Train Crash Kills 9 (Published 1987)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06.
3. "Aalborg Twin Towns". Europeprize.net. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

v t e Municipalities and seats of Västra Götaland County
Municipalities	Ale Alingsås Åmål Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Dals-Ed Essunga Falköping Färgelanda Götene Gothenburg Grästorp Gullspång Härryda Herrljunga Hjo Karlsborg Kungälv Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mark Mellerud Mölndal Munkedal Öckerö Orust Partille Skara Skövde Sotenäs Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanum Tibro Tidaholm Tjörn Töreboda Tranemo Trollhättan Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vänersborg Vara Vårgårda
Municipal seats	Alingsås Åmål Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Ed Falköping Färgelanda Götene Gothenburg Grästorp Gullspång and Hova Henån Herrljunga Hjo Karlsborg Kinna Kungälv Kungshamn Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mellerud Mölndal Mölnlycke Munkedal Nödinge-Nol Nossebro Öckerö Partille Skara Skärhamn Skövde Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanumshede Tibro Tidaholm Töreboda Tranemo Trollhättan Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vänersborg Vara Vårgårda
Counties of Sweden Sweden

v t e 50 most populous urban areas of Sweden
1. Stockholm 1,652,895 (2023)  2. Gothenburg 607,882 (2020)  3. Malmö 325,069 (2020)  4. Uppsala 174,982 (2023)  5. Upplands Väsby 156,517 (2023)  6. Västerås 128,660 (2020)  7. Örebro 126,604 (2020)  8. Linköping 116,851 (2023)  9. Helsingborg 113,828 (2020)  10. Jönköping 103,032 (2023)  11. Norrköping 98,229 (2023)  12. Lund 94,393 (2020)  13. Umeå 91,916 (2020)  14. Gävle 79,004 (2020)  15. Södertälje 78,377 (2023)  16. Borås 74,042 (2020)  17. Halmstad 71,422 (2020)  18. Växjö 71,282 (2020)  19. Eskilstuna 70,646 (2023)  20. Karlstad 67,122 (2020)  21. Sundsvall 58,813 (2020)  22. Östersund 52,980 (2020)  23. Trollhättan 50,502 (2020)  24. Luleå 49,123 (2020)  25. North-east Gothenburg 47,211 (2020)  26. Tumba 46,893 (2023)  27. Lidingö 44,642 (2023)  28. Borlänge 44,898 (2020)  29. Kalmar 41,852 (2020)  30. Kristianstad 41,299 (2020)  31. Skövde 39,580 (2020)  32. Karlskrona 36,904 (2020)  33. Falun 39,492 (2020)  34. Skellefteå 36,388 (2020)  35. Varberg 36,327 (demographic balance, 2020)  36. Uddevalla 35,916 (2020)  37. Åkersberga 37,714 (2023)  38. Nyköping 39,770 (2023)  39. Landskrona 33,466 (2020)  40. Örnsköldsvik 33,348 (2020)  41. Vallentuna 33,918 (2023)  42. Motala 31,367 (2023)  43. Trelleborg 30,808 (2020)  44. Ängelholm 29,490 (2020)  45. Märsta 30,576 (2023)  46. Falkenberg 28,747 (2020)  47. Lerum 28,520 (2020)  48. Alingsås 27,433 (2020)  49. Karlskoga 27,360 (2020)  50. Kungälv 26,960 (2020)
as of 2020, according to Statistics Sweden

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