Hässelby is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby

Hässelby-Vällingby

Hässelby-Vällingby is a so called borough in the western part of Stockholm.-Overview:Is primarily made up of Hässelby and Vällingby. The other districts that make up the borough are Backlura, Kälvesta, Nälsta, Råcksta and Vinsta...

 in 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...

 in Sweden, comprising the suburban areas Hässelby Gård

Hässelby Gård

Hässelby Gård is a suburban district west of Stockholm belonging to the Hässelby-Vällingby borough.There are 8 620 people living in Hässelby Gård....

, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad

Hässelby Villastad

Hässelby Villastad is a suburban area in the north-western part of the Swedish capital Stockholm. It forms part of Västerort, Stockholm Municipality....

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Hässelby in literature

Hässelby

Hässelby (novel)

Hässelby is a novel by the Norwegian author Johan Harstad, published in 2007. The title refers to Hässelby, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Albert Åberg , the main character of the novel, is also the name of a well known Swedish children's book's character, famous from the books by Gunilla Bergström...

 is a novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 by the Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 author

Author

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 Johan Harstad

Johan Harstad

Johan Harstad is an Norwegian short story writer, novelist and playwright.Harstad was born in Stavanger. He made his literary debut in 2001, with a collection of short prose entitled Herfra blir du bare eldre...

, published in 2007. The main part of the novel takes place in the suburb of Hässelby, and focusses on the Swedens children's book character Alfie Atkins

Alfie Atkins

Alfie Atkins is a fictional character created by the author Gunilla Bergström from Sweden in 1972. Alfie Atkins appears in books and animated cartoons. In Swedish, he is known as Alfons Åberg....

 as an adult. In this novel, strongly influenced by David Lynch

David Lynch

David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...

's Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. The series follows the investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper , of the murder of a popular teenager and homecoming queen, Laura Palmer...

, the world comes to an end, starting in Hässelby.