Enskede-Årsta was a

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...

(''stadsdelsområde'') in the southern part of

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from 1998 to 1 January 2007. It was formed when the boroughs of Enskede and Årsta merged, and was primarily made up of Enskede ( Gård, -fältet, Gamla-) and Årsta. The other districts that made up the borough were

Johanneshov Johanneshov () is a district in Stockholm located at the intersection of national road 73 and national road 75 in the borough of Enskede-Årsta-Vantör, southern Stockholm, Sweden. The icehockey arena Hovet is located in Johanneshov, its c ...

Stureby Stureby () is a residential area in southern Stockholm, approx. 3 kilometers from Skanstull. The district at 205 hectares is bordered with Örby, Örby slott, Östberga, Årstafältet, Gamla Enskede, Svedmyra, Gubbängen and Bandhagen. There ...

and Östberga. The population as of 2004 was 46,072 on an area of 12.72 km², giving it a density of 3,622/km². In 2007, Enskede-Årsta merged with the borough of

Vantör Vantör () was a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in the southern part 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 area ...

to form the

Enskede-Årsta-Vantör borough Enskede-Årsta-Vantör (listen ) is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in Söderort, the southern part of Stockholm, Sweden. Overview Årsta was under control of the Livonian Order, along with Aristun as distant Swedish holdings, until 1467. Th ...

Notable people

Gudrun Dahl Gudrun Dahl (born 3 April 1948 in Enskede, Sweden) is a Swedish social anthropologist. She grew up in Stockholm and Gothenburg. Since 1989 she has been a professor at Stockholm University, and is currently a professor emerita. Her current research ...

(born 1948), social anthropologist and university professor emerata *

Felix Pangilinan-Lemetti Felix Alexander Pangilinan Lemetti (born February 10, 1999) is a Filipino-Swedish professional basketball player for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was born in the Stockholm borough of Enske ...

(born 1999), basketball player

References

Former boroughs of Stockholm Municipality 1998 establishments in Sweden 2007 disestablishments in Sweden 21st-century disestablishments in Stockholm 1990s establishments in Stockholm {{Stockholm-geo-stub