Jordbro
Encyclopedia
Jordbro is a suburban locality
situated in Haninge Municipality
, Stockholm County
, Sweden
with 9,316 inhabitants in 2005.
The suburb is separated in two by the Stockholm commuter rail
. Route 73 (Nynäsvägen), passes just east of Jordbro and connects Stockholm
and Nynäshamn
.
East of the railway lies a housing area built as part of the Million Programme
, in the 1960s and 1970s. The housing area is made up of blocks of flats, with single family homes to the north and to the south.
To the west of the housing area and the railway lies a relatively large industrial area, containing the main offices and production plant of The Coca-Cola Company
in Sweden
. Dagab, Lagena, Osram
and Åhlens
also have distribution warehouses in the industrial area.
Just to the south, between Jordbro and Västerhaninge
is Jordbro gravfält, a burial ground, thought to have been used somewhere between 500 BC and 500 CE.
Jordbro has four schools, Kvarnbäcksskolan, Lundaskolan and Fredsduvan, which are lower primary schools with preschools, and Jordbromalmsskolan, which is an upper primary school.
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
situated in Haninge Municipality
Haninge Municipality
Haninge Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen.Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when Västerhaninge and Österhaninge were united....
, Stockholm County
Stockholm County
Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...
, 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 9,316 inhabitants in 2005.
The suburb is separated in two by the Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm Commuter Rail is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Stockholm Transport; the trains are operated under contract by Stockholmståg...
. Route 73 (Nynäsvägen), passes just east of Jordbro and connects 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...
and Nynäshamn
Nynäshamn
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.
East of the railway lies a housing area built as part of the Million Programme
Million Programme
The Million Programme is the common name for an ambitious housing programme implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to make sure everyone could have a home at a reasonable price. The aim of the programme was to build a million new dwellings in a...
, in the 1960s and 1970s. The housing area is made up of blocks of flats, with single family homes to the north and to the south.
To the west of the housing area and the railway lies a relatively large industrial area, containing the main offices and production plant of The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia...
in 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....
. Dagab, Lagena, Osram
Osram
Osram, founded 1919, is part of the industry sector of Siemens AG and one of the two leading lighting manufacturers in the world. The name is derived from osmium and Wolfram , as both these elements were commonly used for lighting filaments at the time the company was founded...
and Åhlens
Åhléns
Åhléns is a Swedish chain of department stores, located in almost every city in the country, and with several stores in the major cities, including 18 stores in Stockholm alone . Åhléns also has business operations in Norway. It is one of Sweden’s leading retailers in a number of fields...
also have distribution warehouses in the industrial area.
Just to the south, between Jordbro and Västerhaninge
Västerhaninge
Västerhaninge is a locality situated in Haninge Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It had 14,060 inhabitants in 2005. It is connected to Stockholm by commuter rail....
is Jordbro gravfält, a burial ground, thought to have been used somewhere between 500 BC and 500 CE.
Jordbro has four schools, Kvarnbäcksskolan, Lundaskolan and Fredsduvan, which are lower primary schools with preschools, and Jordbromalmsskolan, which is an upper primary school.