Umedalen is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden, located about 5 kilometers west of the central town.[1]
Umedalen | |
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Residential area | |
.JPG) Umedalen hospital | |
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| Coordinates: 63°50′15″N 20°09′58″E / 63.83750°N 20.16611°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Västerbotten |
| County | Västerbotten County |
| Municipality | Umeå Municipality |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
editA mental hospital was built in the area in 1934. It was closed in 1986 and the premises are now used for other activities.[2] The residential area was built mostly between the mid-1980s and late 1990s. One of the most infamous cases of psychosurgery mishap involved the state-funded Mental Hospital of Umedalen (Sweden), which conducted many lobotomies under a three-year span resulting in 68% of patients died from post-operational complications. The acceptable rate of death around during its operative years was two percent, yet Umedalen had a mortality rate of three to seventeen percent.[1]
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Umedalsallén 31 -
Umeå sculpture park -
References
edit- ^ a b "Umedalen" (in Swedish). Umeå Municipality. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Umedalen" (in Swedish). AB Bostaden. Archived from the original on 9 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
External links
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Media related to Umedalen at Wikimedia Commons
- Umedalen at Umeå Municipality