Stora Essingen is an island and a district in the Kungsholmen borough in

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 ...

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. It is located adjacent to Lilla Essingen on

Lake Mälaren A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...

. Both Essingen Islands are mainly residential areas. Stora Essingen is scattered with private houses and apartment buildings. The

Essingeleden Essingeleden is a motorway that goes from Solna to Stockholm, Sweden, crossing the westmost parts of central Stockholm, by going over Kungsholmen, Lilla Essingen, and Stora Essingen. Essingeleden has three bridges – Fredhällsbron (270 m), ...

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, part of

European route E4 European route E4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, with a total length of . The Finnish part lies entirely within Tornio in northern Finland, and is only long. The Swedish part traverses most of Sweden e ...

, passes along a section of the eastern shore. The

Tvärbanan Tvärbanan () is a light-rail, light rail line in Stockholm, Sweden, which runs largely in a semicircle south, west and north around central Stockholm - crosswise to the otherwise radial Stockholm Metro, metro and Stockholm commuter rail, commut ...

light rail passes near the eastern shore and has one stop on the island.

History

The increasing number of summer residences built on Stora Essingen during the 18th century were during the early 20th century gradually transformed into permanent residences. There was added momentum in sales after 1929 when Essingebron bridge was built connecting Stora Essingen to Lilla Essingen.

Bridges of Stora Essingen

*From Lilla Essingen ** Essingebron, two parallel bridges, one for the motorway, another for local road traffic *From the mainland, southeast: **

Gröndalsbron Gröndalsbron () are two bridges in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting the island Stora Essingen to the southern mainland district Gröndal. The older bridge, inaugurated in 1967, forms a 460-metre section of the Essingeleden motorway, of whic ...

, two parallel bridges, one for the motorway, another for the light rail line *From the mainland, northwest: ** Alviksbron, for the light rail, pedestrians, and bicycles

References

Islands of Stockholm City districts of Stockholm Municipality Islands of Mälaren {{Stockholm-geo-stub