Umedalen is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden, located about 5 kilometers west of the central town.[1]

Umedalen
Residential area
Umedalen hospital
Coordinates: 63°50′15″N 20°09′58″E
Country	Sweden
Province	Västerbotten
County	Västerbotten County
Municipality	Umeå Municipality
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

A 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
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  Umeå sculpture park
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  IKSU spa

References

External links

Media related to Umedalen at Wikimedia Commons

• Umedalen at Umeå Municipality