Bagarmossen is a district within

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. Bagarmossen had 10 914 inhabitants as of December 31, 2009.

Geography and transportation

Bagarmossen is located southeast of central Stockholm, neighbouring the

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district to the south and west,

Kärrtorp Kärrtorp is a district () in the Skarpnäck borough of Stockholm, Sweden,. Kärrtorp has 4,296 inhabitants as of December 31, 2009. Geography Kärrtorp is a small district located in the southeast of Stockholm. Kärrtorp neighbours Bagarmoss ...

to the northwest, and the nature reserve

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to the east. Bagarmossen is served by the

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, which is located along the green line 17. When the station opened in 1958, it was a surface station and the terminus of line 17. When line 17 was extended to Skarpnäck in 1994, this included a new underground station in Bagarmossen, replacing the old surface one. Bagarmossen is also the terminus of the 161 bus line to

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Architecture

Bagarmossen was built mostly during the 1950s, and remains a relatively well-preserved '50s suburb. The

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s along Byälvsvägen were built in the early 1970s as a part of the

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. New apartment buildings were constructed near the

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in the early 1990s, and in recent years, Bagarmossen has seen several new developments, mostly in the northwest. When the area was first built in the 1950s, it received some international recognition because of the consistent separation of pedestrian and road traffic - leading to plenty of

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s. The houses were also built to fit with the natural conditions. The

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s constructed along with the houses in the 1950s are well-designed with

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s, vulvae, spruce trees and

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Demographics

Bagarmossen has 10,951 inhabitants as of December 31, 2009. People with a foreign background (in this case, born outside Sweden, or with both parents born outside Sweden) constituted 33.3% of the population. The same figure for Skarpnäck borough was 26.6%, and 28.7% for Stockholm as a whole. The

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in Bagarmossen was 4.9% as of October 31, 2009. In comparison, the unemployment rate of the Skarpnäck borough was 3.8%, and 3.6% of Stockholm as a whole. The average annual income per person in Bagarmossen was 222,200

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in 2008, this was lower than the average income of the Skarpnäck borough, 250,200 Swedish kronor, as well as the Stockholm average of 294,500 Swedish kronor.

Election results

Stockholm municipal election, 2006

The results of the 2006 Stockholm municipal election differed largely between Bagarmossen, Skarpnäck borough and Stockholm as a whole. While the centre-right

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earned a majority in Stockholm, they were behind the red-greens in both Bagarmossen and Skarpnäck borough. The

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in Bagarmossen was 71.0%, compared to 76.3% in Skarpnäck borough, and 79.1% for Stockholm as a whole. Overall, the results were very similar to those of the Kärrtorp district.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Bagarmossen: * Bagarmossen Kärrtorp BK

References

{{Authority control City districts of Stockholm Municipality Million Programme