Geography
Situated by Lake Mälaren it is distinguished by its nature. The overwhelming majority of the population are located to one of the three towns Kungsängen (pop. 7,500), Bro (6,200) and Brunna (4,000), and most of the remaining area is taken up by countryside, a substantial part of it being agricultural.History
As apparent from its coat of arms, Upplands-Bro takes pride in its pre-historic history, and boasts some of the oldest ancient remains in Sweden. From the Iron Age, about 4,000 burial places have been found, and the remains from the Viking Age include 20 runestones. The figure in the coat of arms comes from one of these remains, a 3 cm tall bronze figure found near Kungsängen. Every one of the six parishes also hosts a Middle Ages, medieval church, built between 1100 and 1400. In the 15th century, the fortress Almarestäket was built in the municipality, just east to the present location of Kungsängen. It was the seat of the Archbishop of Uppsala, Swedish archbishop until the Archbishop Gustav Trolle besieged himself there in 1517, leading to the demolition of the fortress in 1519. The ruins can still be visited. Since 1970, the main base of the combined cavalry/infantry regiment Life Guards (Sweden), Life Guards is located in Upplands-Bro. The regiment trains Conscription, conscript Company (military unit), companies of mechanized infantry, Royal Guards (Sweden), Royal Guards and military police. It is also the home of the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (Swedint).Demographics
2022 by district
This is a demographic table based on Upplands-Bro Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from Swedish Television, SVT's election platform, in turn taken from Statistiska Centralbyrån, SCB official statistics. In total there were 31,031 residents, including 20,468 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.9% voted for the left coalition and 54.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.Population development
Residents with a foreign background
On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a :sv:utländsk bakgrund, foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 9 646, or 34.93% of the population (27 614 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 5 002, or 23.64% of the population (21 162 on 31 December 2002).Public transportation
The municipality is served by the public transport in Stockholm, Stockholm public transport system operated by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, SL. The municipal seat Kungsängen used to be the north-western terminus of the Stockholm commuter rail network, but in 2000 this line was extended to Bålsta inReferences
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