Björnlunda is a locality situated in Gnesta Municipality

Gnesta Municipality

Gnesta Municipality is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gnesta, with some 5,000 inhabitants....

, Södermanland County

Södermanland County

Södermanland County is a county or län on the south east coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Östergötland, Örebro, Västmanland, Uppsala, Stockholm and to the Baltic sea....

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 with 795 inhabitants in 2005. Björnlunda is located between the city Södertälje

Södertälje

Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca....

 and the city Katrineholm

Katrineholm

Katrineholm is a locality and the seat of Katrineholm Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 21,386 inhabitants in 2005.-Early history:The name Katrineholm comes from a ducal residence with this name, after Catherina Gyllenhorn who lived there...

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History

Björnlunda is mentioned for the first time in a document from around 1314 as "Biornlundum". But the area became more populated after the year 1862 when the railway station was opened.

Attractions

Haversjön, The local museum, Dagnäsön, Björnlunda Church, Öster Malma, Laxne, Krampan, Skottvångs gruva, Näsberget, Jätkyrkan, Kyrksjön, Kleva kvarn.