Rimbo () is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality, a historical named location or place in Canada * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localitie ...

situated in

Norrtälje Municipality Norrtälje Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad (Sweden), city of Norrtälje. It is the largest and northernmost municipality of Stockholm County a ...

, Stockholm County, Sweden, with 4,629 inhabitants in 2010. Rimbo is located about west of the municipal seat of

Norrtälje Norrtälje is a locality and the seat of Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 17,275 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the largest towns in Roslagen. History Norrtälje’s early history dates back to the Iron Age. Around 2 ...

. Rimbo grew up as a railhead at the junction between the narrow gauge railways to

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 ...

and

(1884),

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 ...

(1885) and

Hallstavik Hallstavik is a locality situated in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 4,476 inhabitants in 2010. The town is famous for its papermill and the Speedway Speedway may refer to: Racing Race tracks *Daytona International Spee ...

(1896). The last line (to Stockholm, part of

Roslagsbanan Roslagsbanan () is a Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge commuter railway system in Roslagen, Stockholm County, Sweden. Its combined route length is and there are 38 stations. It is built to the Swedish three foot gauge railways, Swedish three fo ...

) was closed in 1981. A formal decision has been taken to reopen the 14 km line to

Kårsta Kårsta is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 457 inhabitants in 2010. Kårsta is since 1980, when the line to Rimbo was cut, the northern terminus of Roslagsbanan narrow gauge subur ...

(the present northern terminus of Roslagsbanan), but no funds have been allocated. Rimbo has a successful men's handball team, , which played in the first tier of the Swedish handball system (

Elitserien (men's handball) Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structur ...

) in the 2013–2014 season.

References

External links

;Official websites
Norrtälje municipality
;Other websites
Rimbo portal

Rimbo IF
(sports) Populated places in Norrtälje Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub