Gottsunda, is a
district
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in
Uppsala
Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.
Loc ...
,
Sweden
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. In 2007, it had 9,474 inhabitants. The majority of the buildings are
high-rise building
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s built as part of the
Million Programme
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in the 1960s and 1970s.
Etymology
The name is derived from the farm Gottsunda, and Gutasund or Guttasund is mentioned in sources as far back as 1304. The Swedish
botanist
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Carl von Linné
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is known to have made excursions to Gottsunda with his students during the 18th century.
History
2000s
In the period leading up to 2009, there were a continuous increase in the number of crimes reported to police. After an arrest rioters started throwing rocks at police and setting fire to cars and car tires. The police started a collaboration with the school and social services in the area, and during the following three years, the number of crimes decreased by 33%.
2010s
In the latter half of the 2010s, there were several incidents involving shootings and cars being set on fire
and in its 2017 report, the
Swedish Police Authority
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placed the district in the
most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates.
Regional chief of police Carin Götblad stated that the classification was due to having a number of criminal gangs, many illegal weapons in circulation and families where a criminal lifestyle is inherited from generation to generation.
In 2017, police registered 2,800 incident reports in the district, which was an increase of 17% on the previous year. An incident is defined as anything from a violent crime to vandalism such as a broken window.
See also
*
Gottsunda parish
References
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Neighbourhoods of Uppsala
Million Programme