Nacka () is the municipal seat of
Nacka Municipality
Nacka Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and its western parts are considered a suburban part of ...
and part of
Stockholm urban area
The Stockholm urban area () is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous built-up area, which extends into 11 municipalities in ...
in
Sweden
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. The municipality's name harks back to a 16th-century industrial operation established by the Crown at Nacka farmstead where conditions for water mills are good. However, and somewhat confusingly, that spot is not densely populated today and the municipal seat is on land that once belonged to Järla farmstead on the other side of Lake Järla.
Events
On 9 December 2014, Stockholm police raided a data center in a former bomb shelter under a hill in Nacka municipality. Although it was rumored the raid targeted popular torrent site
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay, commonly abbreviated as TPB, is a free searchable online index of Film, movies, music, video games, Pornographic film, pornography and software. Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank , The Pirate Bay facilitates the connection ...
, officials from The Pirate Bay have revealed that this is false.
See also
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Sickla Köpkvarter
Sickla Köpkvarter is a retail park and shopping district located on a redeveloped industrial estate in Nacka, Sweden. It's wholly owned by Atrium Ljungberg — a real estate company headquartered in the area — and consists of several shoppin ...
– a retail park and shopping district in Nacka
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Greenwich, CT
Greenwich ( ) is a New England town, town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. It is the largest town on Gold Coast (Connecticut), Connectic ...
- the town's
sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inte ...
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Torsten Lord
Torsten Hjalmar Lord (2 March 1904 – 4 February 1970) was a Swedish sailing (sport), sailor who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936, 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he won the bronze medal as crew member of ...
, Olympian, born in Nacka
References
Nacka Municipality
Municipal seats of Stockholm County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Nacka Municipality
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