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Central Rosengård, near the RoCent shopping mall

Rosengård is a borough in Sweden's third largest city Malmö (250,000 inhabitants). Rosengård had around 21,000 inhabitants as of 2004. It is sometimes referred to as one of Malmö's suburbs, although it is rather a geographically integrated part of the town. It has a high percentage of immigrants and a high level of unemployment.

History

Rosengård was built between 1960-1970 with the Million Programme. It was regarded as kind of a futuristic neighbourhood. Malmö suffered from a significant shortage of cheap housing. When immigrants arrived in the 1960s and 1970s they frequently were offered housing at Rosengård, and at the same time many Swedish nationals left the area.

In the 1990s a new wave of refugees arrived in Sweden, from Arabic countries, former Yugoslavia, Africa, etc.

Demographics

Population development

Year, Inhabitants

  • 1961 5,250
  • 1971 23,112
  • 1981 18,006
  • 1991 17,190
  • 2001 21,027
  • 2004 21,526

Immigrants in Rosengård

Country First generation Second generation Equalling
Kosovo 2,987 1,244 4,231
Iraq 2,482 753 3,235
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,400 254 1,654
Lebanon 1,310 1,386 2,696
Poland 520 142 662
Totalling 12,681 5,355 18,036
Rate of population 59% 25% 84%
  1. In this case referring to persons born in Sweden with both parents born in the mentioned country.

Employment

In 2002, the employment rate among the population between 20-64 years was 37% (Men 40% ; Women 33%), with 4,226 being employed.


Sights

RoCent, in central Rosengård, is a shopping mall with several stores, including one of Sweden's largest grocery stores (member of the Citygross chain).

Just outside the borough one finds the Malmö mosque. It is situated a few hundred metres from the Västra Skrävlinge Church, in a small park called Örtagårdsparken. Being the largest mosque in Malmö it is usually well attended. Adjacent buildings include a pre-school, a playground and child care.

Malmö's mosque


References

Famous Persons

the footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic was born and raised in Rosengård.

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