Lilla Ursvik is a district in
Sundbyberg Municipality
Sundbyberg Municipality (''Sundbybergs kommun'' or ''Sundbybergs stad'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urba ...
with 1088 inhabitants (in 2019), and a suburb in the
Stockholm metropolitan area
Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014. The o ...
. It is located between
Stora Ursvik
Stora Ursvik is a district in Sundbyberg Municipality with 2306 inhabitants (in 2019), and a suburb in the Stockholm metropolitan area. An unbuilt corner of the district is located in Stockholm Municipality. This residential area is under construc ...
to the west,
Kymlinge
Kymlinge () is an area of Sundbyberg Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is mostly a recreational park, part of which is a nature reserve (Igelbäcken).
History
The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age. The name is known since 1347, ...
to the north and
Järvastaden to the east, with a motorway separating it from
Hallonbergen
Hallonbergen (meaning "Raspberry Hill") 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 '' Millio ...
to the south.
Gustaf de Laval
Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval (; 9 May 1845 – 2 February 1913) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and centrifugal separation machinery for dairy.
Life
Gustaf de Laval was born at ...
had a workshop here 1894-1899. The area was bought in 1906 by the
Graham Brothers
Graham-Paige was an American automobile manufacturer founded by brothers Joseph B. Graham (1882-1970), Robert C. Graham (1885-1967), and Ray A. Graham (1887-1932) in 1927. Automobile production ceased in 1940, and its automotive assets were acq ...
company, which build a factory here. Freestanding homes for workers were built around the same time.
References
Stockholm urban area
Populated places in Sundbyberg Municipality
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