Arlöv

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Along the E22, Arlöv has these high-rise buildings with 9 floors.

Arlöv is a town 5 kilometres north east of downtown Malmö, and the seat of the Municipality of Burlöv. The town of Arlöv belongs to the same urban area as the city of Malmö, forming a conurbation with a population of approximately 250,000 inhabitants.

Arlöv is a traditional mainroad junction where the roads from Malmö to Lund-Helsingborg (now E6 & E22) and to Dalby-Simrishamn (road 11) forked after passing the Sege å stream. Today the Malmö Outer Ringroad (E20), ending at the Öresund Bridge, cuts Arlöv off from the rest of the municipality. Arlöv was also initially the station where the railroads to Lund-Stockholm (1856-64) and Åstorp-Gothenburg (1886-88) forked, although the traffic on the latter was re-routed via Lund in 1948.

Arlöv is known for its sugar-industry, Sockerbolaget AB (owned by the Danish company Danisco). The town is the home of the Swedish Railroad Works, Aktiebolaget Svenska Järnvägsverkstäderna (ASJ), that in the 1970s also built several automobiles for SAAB, notably the Saab Sonett II and III.

Arlöv is mentioned in the song "Hanna från Arlöv" ("Hanna from Arlöv") by the Swedish 1970's band Nationalteatern.

Arlöv is also the native town of the late Swedish singer/songwriter/guitarist Karl Ljunggren, also known as Kal P. Dal.

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Coordinates: 55°38′N 13°04′E