Edsberg is an urban

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 district

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 in Sollentuna Municipality

Sollentuna Municipality

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, Stockholm County

Stockholm County

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, Sweden

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. It is located at the bottom of the Edsviken Bay

Edsviken

Edsviken is an elongated, narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea running through the Swedish municipalities of Danderyd, Solna and Sollentuna. Edsviken ranges from Stocksund and Bergshamra in the south to Edsberg in the north. The inlet is about long with an area of approximately ; its maximum depth is...

, which forms a long inlet

Inlet

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 all the way from the Gulf of Bothnia

Gulf of Bothnia

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. It forms part of the Stockholm urban area

Stockholm urban area

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. In daily use Edsberg means the the area with multifamily houses spread around Edsbergs centrum and Edsbergskyrkan north of Danderydsvägen. The municipality part called Edsberg also contains Landsnora, an area of villas to the south of Danderydsvägen and the east of Edsbergsparken. A bit further on to the south of Danderydsvägen is the new area called Kvarnskogen with a mixed set of house types. Also contained in Edsberg

Edsberg

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 is Edsängen between Edsberg and Frestavägen, and the summer house areas a bit further north called Södersättra and Norrsättra. Plans to develop the area to the east of Frestavägen are in the making.

Edsberg Center

The center of Edsberg hosts the community library

Library

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 and numerous stores. The central areas have recently gone through considerable renovation

Renovation

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s, including a large new parking

Multi-storey car park

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 facility. The Edsberg church is a notable sight

Tourist attraction

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 within close proximity to the center. It is a massive red wooden church inaugurated in 1972, with later administrative extensions built in 2003.

Edsberg Manor

One of the prominent old buildings in the heart of Edsberg is The Edsberg Manor

Manor house

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, occupied by The Royal College of Music in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, and offering tuition

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 in classical music

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 in the form of thematic

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 studies on an international

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ly high level. This rococo

Rococo

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 style small castle

Castle

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 was built in 1760.

In addition, Edsberg Manor is the home of a chamber orchestra composed

Musical composition

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 of string

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 student

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s.