Sollentuna Municipality (; ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in Stockholm County in east-central

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, north of

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. Its

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is located in Tureberg, which is a part of Sollentuna urban area.

Geography

Sollentuna borders the municipalities of

Solna Solna ( or , ), also known as Solna Municipality, is a municipality in central Stockholm County, Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna i ...

Sundbyberg Sundbyberg Municipality ( 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% urban population. Sundbybe ...

, Järfälla,

Upplands Väsby Upplands Väsby () is a locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 48,907 inhabitants in 2020. History The municipality has a long history with clear traces of settlements from the pre-Christian time ...

Täby Täby () was previously a trimunicipal locality, with 76,700 inhabitants in 2024. However, as from 2016, Statistics Sweden has amalgamated this locality with the Stockholm urban area. It is the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sw ...

and

Danderyd Danderyd Municipality (; ) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent. Its seat is located in Djursholm and it is located within Sto ...

in clockwise order starting to the south.

Localities and districts

Since 1995, the bulk of the built-up area of the municipality has been statistically included in the multimunicipal city of

. A few houses on the eastern border (with about 10 inhabitants) are in Täby urban area. Sjöberg constitutes a locality of its own. The municipality is subdivided into the following districts according to population as of 31 December 202

ref name=kortfakta> * Tureberg, 19,127 inhabitants * Rotebro, 8,824 inhabitants * Helenelund, 12,678 inhabitants * Edsberg, 12,338 inhabitants * Viby, 5,748 inhabitants * Sjöberg, 4,705 inhabitants * Häggvik, 5,518 inhabitants * Norrviken, 3,349 inhabitants * Vaxmora, 2,635 inhabitants * Järvafältet, 186 inhabitants *Total: 75,108

Lakes

Central to the landscape of Sollentuna are the rather big lakes Norrviken and Edsviken—the latter a bay of the

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. Edsviken and Norrviken are popular lakes for ice

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during the winter. The municipality plows a 15 km long skating track on Norrviken. Note that Norrviken is also the name of a district at the western shore of the Norrviken lake. Other lakes: *Fjäturen *Ravalen *Rösjön *Väsjön *Översjön *Snuggan * Djupan

History

Sollentuna municipality was founded in conjunction with the reform of

local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

in Sweden in 1863. However, its boundaries are almost equivalent to those of Sollentuna Parish, which dates back to the 12th century. Well into the 20th century, Sollentuna was a predominantly rural area. Modern Sollentuna evolved around the

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

between

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

, inaugurated in 1866. Five of the eight districts that make up the municipality today correspond to railway stations, now operated by

Stockholm commuter rail Stockholm commuter rail () is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are state-owned and administere ...

system. From south to north: Helenelund, Tureberg (railway station is Sollentuna Station), Häggvik, Norrviken and Rotebro. Viby is an extension of Norrviken and the two remaining districts— Edsberg and Sjöberg—are found along the road to

. Other roads into Sollentuna includes the road from Kallhäll to Rotebro and the E 4

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that approximates the same route as the railway. Sollentuna received the title of a merchant town (''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word '' kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munic ...

'') in 1944. Köping status was made obsolete by the municipal reform of 1971.

Demography

Population development

Income and Education

The population in Sollentuna Municipality has the 11th highest median income per capita in

. The share of highly educated persons, according to

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's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 40.7% (national average: 27.0%) and the 9th highest in the country.

Residents with a foreign background

On 31 December 2017, the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 23 284, or 32.41% of the population (71 848 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002, the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 12 443, or 21.26% of the population (58 515 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017, there were 71 848 residents in Sollentuna, of which 17 657 people (24.58%) were born in a country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below - the Nordic countries, as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by

.Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017
(XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019

2022 population by district

This is a demographic table based on Sollentuna Municipality's electoral districts in the

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. There were 74,969 residents and 52,341 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.3% voted for the left coalition and 50.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Politics and government

Sollentuna Municipality has a municipal assembly with 61 members elected by

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through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the national parliamentary elections every four years. The assembly elects a municipal board, ( kommunstyrelse) which is the municipality's main governing body, chaired by the

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(sw. ''kommunstyrelsens ordförande''). The current mayor is Henrik Thunes, of the

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2022 election results

In the 2022 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2018 election results

In the 2018 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2014 election results

In the 2014 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2010 election results

In the 2010 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2006 election results

In the 2006 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2002 election results

In the 2002 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

List of mayors since 1971

*(1971–1974) Urban Gibson ( fp) *(1974–1977) Carl-Erik Nilsson ( c) *(1977–1980) Sven Olle Isidor Persson ( s) *(1980–1987) Jan-Olov Sundström ( m) *(1987–1998) Gun Blomberg ( m) *(1998–2000) Christina Naess ( m) *(2000–2010) Torbjörn Rosdahl ( m) *(2010-2015-07-11) Douglas Lithborn ( m) *(2015-07-12- 2015-09-16) Anna Lena Johansson ( fp) *2015-09-17- Henrik Thunes ( m)

Public transport

Sollentuna is served by the Stockholm public transport system.

has five stations within the municipality. There is also an extensive SL

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network.

Sights

* Edsbacka krog, located by Edsbacka lake and founded already in 1634, was the only Swedish restaurant with two stars in the

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until it closed in February 2010. Now the site has a slightly less fancy restaurant, again under the name, Edsbacka Krog * Edsbergs slott was built in the

rococo Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpte ...

style in 1760. It's 400 m² *Probable burial mound of King Agne from the 5th century.

Sports

Sollentunavallen is the biggest

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. It consists of two fields. The main arena is for

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

and athletics. Alongside it, there's a field with artificial grass, which is used for

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

during the winter season. The following sports clubs are located in Sollentuna Municipality: * Sollentuna Kanotsällskap * Sollentuna Skridskosällskap * Sollentuna Volleybollklubb * Rotebro IS FF * Sollentuna FK * Konståkningsklubben Sollentuna * Turebergs FK * Helenelunds IK * Sollentuna HC * SKIFT As of December 2022 there are 64 sports clubs in Sollentuna. Th
full list
is maintained on the municipality web site.

Notable people

* Jonas Bane, actor *

Kajsa Bergqvist Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist (; born 12 October 1976 in Sollentuna Municipality, Sollentuna, Stockholm) is a Swedes, Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championshi ...

, high jump world champion * Thomas Bodström, football player, politician, former minister of justice * Ted Gärdestad, pop musician * Maia Hirasawa, musician * Patric Hörnqvist,

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player currently with the

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of the

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* Jonatan Johansson, snowboarder *

Ulrika Jonsson Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967) is a Swedish-British television presenter and model. She became known as a TV-am weather presenter, and moved on to present the ITV show '' Gladiators'', and later featured as a team captain on the BBC T ...

, television presenter * Charlotte Lindström, former model who was charged in 2007 for ordering a hitman to kill two witnesses in Australia * Johan Munck, Chief Justice of Sweden *

Christer Pettersson Carl Gustaf Christer Pettersson (23 April 1947 – 29 September 2004) was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden. In 1989 he was convicted of the murder in district court but ...

Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until as ...

murder suspect * Rickard Rakell, ice hockey player currently with the

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of the NHL * Emilia Andersson Ramboldt, ice hockey player and former

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of the Swedish women's national team * Rednex, country pop group * Lovisa Selander, ice hockey goaltender for the Boston Pride and the Swedish women's national team * Farhad Shakely, poet * Linda Skugge, writer *

Mats Sundin Mats Johan Sundin (; born 13 February 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), retiring in 2009. Originally drafted List of NHL first overall draft choice ...

, professional ice hockey player * Niklas Svedberg, professional ice hockey

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* Rolf Tibblin, two-time Motocross World Champion (

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

) * Caroline Winberg, model * Mia Mulder, video essayist, activist, podcaster, city councillor

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality is twinned with: *

Hvidovre Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg. History Hvidovre has ...

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* Saue in

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

Tuusula Tuusula (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Tuusula is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

Oppegård Oppegård is an area in Nordre Follo, Akershus, Norway. Oppegård was a municipality in the county Akershus. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Kolbotn. The municip ...

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References

External links

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