Lerum

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 November 16, 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. 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.

Lerum (company)

Lerum is a Norwegian company, which produces food and drinks.

It was started in 1907 by Nils Hansson Lerum and his wife Kari Hansdotter Ørbech as a small store in Sørheim, Luster. Since many in the rural community paid with berries, they started production of conserves. The company N. H. Lerums Saftfabrikk was moved to Sogndal in 1919. Lerum, which still is family-owned, now consists of two subdivisions, Lerum Konserves and Lerum Fabrikker.

The chief executive officer is Trine Lerum Hjellhaug, and the board consists of Sverre S. Tysland, Kristine Aasheim, Kurt Lerum, Jon Terje Øverland, Gro Lerum Bondevik, Kåre Lerum, Bente Lerum Lund, Jørn Stenehjem, Grethe Kristin Lerum and Erik Asbjørn Thue.

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