Kungens Kurva is a part of Huddinge Municipality

Huddinge Municipality

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 in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden

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, 20 km south of the city. Kungens Kurva area consists mainly of large buildings with stores; you find, for instance, supermarkets, electronics/hardware retailers and the world's largest IKEA

IKEA

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 store. The area got its name September 28, 1946 when King Gustav V's chauffeur

Chauffeur

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-driven 1939 Cadillac skidded off the road and ended up in a ditch. (The king was uninjured.) The name later became official. Kungens Kurva is close to Skärholmen, with subway to Stockholm.