Akalla is a station in the
Stockholm metro in the
Akalla
Akalla is a district () in Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Akalla has a population of roughly 9,100 as of 2018, in which immigrants, mostly from Asia and Africa, make up 60.4% of the population.
Akalla is located on the blue metro line ...
district of
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
. The station was opened on 5 June 1977 as the northern terminus of the extension of the Blue line from
Hallonbergen
Hallonbergen () is a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden.
Hallonbergen, which has about 5,400 inhabitants, located in Sundbyberg Municipality in the north west of Stockholm, is a fairly typical 1960-1970s area of dense ''Million Programme'' housing in ...
.
This is the final stop on
Line 11 of the Blue Line.
As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, the station features an ochre colored grotto. The work includes ceramic pictures
illustrating the ideals, daily life, leisure and work of all people, created by
Birgit Ståhl-Nyberg in 1977.
File: Akalla tunnebanestation, ingång.JPG
File: Akalla Bergtunneln.jpg
File: Akalla metro station August 2014 01.jpg
References
External links
Images of Akalla
Blue line (Stockholm metro) stations
Railway stations in Sweden opened in 1977
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