Bollmora is the central district and municipal seat of

Tyresö Municipality Tyresö Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Most of Tyresö Municipality lies within the Stockholm urban area. History The first humans arrived ...

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. Together with major parts of the other two main districts of Tyresö,

Trollbäcken Trollbäcken is a district of Tyresö Municipality in Sweden. It is located south of Bollmora along county road 260. Trollbäcken contains almost exclusively detached houses. In the area of Trollbäcken centre (''Trollbäckens centrum''), also kno ...

and

Gamla Tyresö Gamla Tyresö (meaning ''Old Tyresö'') is a district of Tyresö Municipality in Sweden. It consists of the eastern half of the municipality, containing the Tyresö Strand and Raksta areas, the long Brevik peninsula, and the vast forest in the south ...

, Bollmora forms a

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with

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 ...

. Bollmora derives its name from Bollmora farm (''Bollmora gård'') which was located near current day Njupkärrsvägen–Industrivägen intersection. Up until the 1950s Bollmora was a village, but in conjunction to the large migration to

in 1950s and 1960s, Bollmora expanded. The large expansion was made possible by Lex Bollmora from 1959, a legislation that made possible for municipal real estate companies to operate in other municipalities than their own. The municipal real estate companies of Stockholm started immediately constructing in Bollmora after the legislation came into effect. Many of the apartment building areas of Bollmora are from the

Million Programme The Million Programme () was a large public housing program implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to ensure the availability of affordable, high-quality housing to all Swedish citizens. Th ...

origin. Bollmora centre (''Bollmora centrum'') was inaugurated in 1965, and it was fairly ordinary small-town centre with pedestrian streets. The centre underwent a major overhaul to an enclosed

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in early 1990s. It was renamed Tyresö centre (''Tyresö centrum'') and the new centre was inaugurated in 1992. Lake Barnsjön is a popular spot for bathing and fishing.

Residential areas

The population of the residential areas typically associated with Bollmora, as of 1 January 2004 *Bollmora: 8,494 *Krusboda: 3,717 *East/West Farmarstigen: 2,668 *Öringe: 2,548 *Granängsringen: 2,187 *Fårdala: 1,657 *Lindalen: 1,445 *Total: 22,716 — or 56.7% of the population of Tyresö Municipality.

External links

Tyresö Municipality
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