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Welcome aboard ! Gävle Municipality 2009

Welcome aboard ! Gävle Municipality 2009. About Gävle. Gävle is the residencial town of the region Gävleborg Gävle has a population of about 94 000, 70 000 living in the town

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Welcome aboard ! Gävle Municipality 2009

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  1. Welcomeaboard! Gävle Municipality 2009

  2. About Gävle Gävle is the residencialtown of the region Gävleborg Gävle has a population of about 94 000, 70 000 living in the town The entire North part of Gävle wasburntdown in 1869. Out of a population of 13000, 8000 losttheirhomes. Three elderlywomen and a goatwas killed The last tall ship of the Swedish commercialfleet, the brig Gerda b.1868, has beenreconstructed in Gävle Gävle’sarchipelagoconsist of 446 islands and a coastalline of 280km There are morethan 200kms of separatedcyclepathnetwork (compare this with the 400km road network!) Salmon and troutfishing is possible in the city centre of Gävle, free of charge Gävle’s hockey club Brynäs IF is one of the best clubs in Sweden, 12 time cup winners Furuviksparken zoo and Amusement Park in Gävle has the first primate research faciility in Scandinavia An icon for Gävle is the giantgoatmadeout of hay, the largest Christmas goat in the world. The goat is erectedeveryfestiveseason. One of Sweden’ssevenphilharmonicorchestras is situated in Gävle.

  3. Visit Gävle SightseeingBoulognerforest, Bönan, Old town Gefle, Furuviksparken zoo and Amusement Park, Hemlingby Outdoor Recreation Centre, the isle of Limön, Kybacka Gård Moose Park and Mackmyra Swedish Whisky MuseumsThe Swedish Railway Museum, The Prison Museum of Sweden and The County Museum ShoppingMore than 200 shops in the city centre. Valbo shoppingcentre – one of the largest in Sweden (with for example IKEA) ExperiencesGävle Concert Hall, Gävle Theater, The Läkerol Arena, Gasklockorna, The Art Centre, Fjärran Höjderbadet public swimming pool and Strömvallen Enjoy…Gävle is a coastal town with several coastal restaurants to choose from. It is a unique experience to dine at Huseliharen in Engesberg, Engeltofta, Wahlströms fiskekrog in Utvalnäs or Furuviks brygga and Axmar brygga

  4. Gävle the student city About University of Gävle: 14 500 students 45 programmes 800 courses  6 institutions Regional support and a global network

  5. International relations Twin towns Álftanes (Bessastadahreppur) - Iceland Galva, Illinois - USA Gjövik - Norway Jurmala - Lithuania Naestved - Denmark Raumo - Finland ProjectsBuffalo City, South AfricaUnion of the Baltic Cities

  6. Expenses Gävle Municipality turned over SEK 5.954,000,000 in 2008

  7. Organisation MunicipalityCouncil Auditing Office:Auditingoffice Nomminatingcommittee Electoralcommittee COMMITTEES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENTS Executivecommittee City Manager Management Office Child and Youthcommittee Children & Youth Gävle Planning and Environmental Health committee Planning & Environmental Health Gävle Cultural and Recreationcommittee Cultural &Recreation Gävle Committee for Care of the Elderly Care of the Elderly Gävle Social Services committee Social Services Gävle Markbyggarna Technicalcommittee Technical Office Gävle FurtherEducation and Labour Market committee Education & Labour Gävle ChiefGuardian’scommittee

  8. How Gävle is run The voters Municipality Council Executivecommittee Municipality Council commissioners Carina Blank (s) Executivecommitteechairman Per Johansson (s) Executivecommittee 1st vice chairman Marita Engström (v) Executivecommittee 2nd vice chairman Roger Persson (mp) Inger KällgrenSawela (m) Per-Åke Fredriksson (fp) Roland Ericsson (c) Lennart Ahlenius (kd) Opposition commissioners Presidency & othercommissioners

  9. Distribution of seats

  10. Thank you for listening

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