Gröndal
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Gröndal is also the official Swedish name for the Viherlaakso
Viherlaakso
Viherlaakso or Gröndal is a district of Espoo, a city in Finland.-External links:*...

 district in the Finnish city of Espoo
Espoo
Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....

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Gröndal is a district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

 in South Stockholm
South Stockholm
Söderort is the southern suburban part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden...

, organized into Liljeholmen borough
Liljeholmen borough
Liljeholmen was a so called borough in the southern part of Stockholm until 1 January 2007. It was primarily made up of Liljeholmen. The other districts that made up the borough were Aspudden, Gröndal, Midsommarkransen, Västberga and a portion of Hägersten. The population as of 2004 was 30,450 on...

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Gröndal developed as a working class and industrial suburb after the opening of Liljeholmen
Liljeholmen
Liljeholmen is a district in South Stockholm, organized into the borough with the same name.In 1860 Liljeholmen became the first suburb outside Stockholm city limit...

 freight station in the 1860s. The district was a part of Liljeholmen municipal community in the Brännkyrka municipality until 1913, when Brännkyrka was incorporated into the city of Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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