Sätra is a suburb in the district in Söderort in

Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropoli ...

Location

The district is bounded on the north by Lake Mälaren and on the south by Södertalje Road, a section of European route E4 and European route E20. Sätra borders the districts of

Bredäng Bredäng is a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. In the southwest section of the city, it is a part of the Skärholmen borough and is named after a former farm in the area. Bredäng has an 18th-century mansion (''Jakobsbergs gård'') named after its f ...

and Skärholmen, as well as Segeltorp in Huddinge municipality and

Kungshatt Kungshatt () is a small island in Lake Mälaren, Stockholm, Sweden. Roughly 1.9 square kilometers in area, it has a very small year-round population, and a number of summer houses. The island has an independent water supply, but receives its electr ...

in Ekerö municipality.

History

The City of Stockholm bought the land in 1934 A.D. A new general plan for Sätra was drawn up the day after. Construction began in 1964 and four years later the entire district was almost completed. Together

Sätra metro station Sätra metro station is a station on the red line of Stockholm metro, located in the district of Sätra. The station was opened on 16 May 1965 as the southwest terminus of the extension from Örnsberg. On 1 March 1967, the line was extended to Sk ...

and Sätra Centrum form the hub. Just South of the Sätra industrial buildings.

is on the Red Line (''Röda Linjen'') of

Stockholm metro The Stockholm metro ( sv, Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are three colou ...

. The station was opened in 1965 as the southwest terminus of the extension from Örnsberg. In 1967, the line was extended to Skärholmen.

References

Districts of Stockholm {{Stockholm-geo-stub