Sollentuna Municipality
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Sollentuna Municipality (Sollentuna kommun) is a municipality
in Stockholm County
in east central Sweden
. Its seat is located in Sollentuna.
Sollentuna borders the municipalities of Solna
, Sundbyberg
, Stockholm
, Järfälla
, Upplands Väsby
, Täby
and Danderyd
in clockwise order starting to the south.
in Sweden in 1863. However, its boundaries are equivalent to those of Sollentuna Parish, which dates back to the 12th century. Well into the 20th century, Sollentuna was a predominantly rural area.
Modern Sollentuna evolved around the railway between Uppsala
and Stockholm
, inaugurated in 1866. In fact, five of the eight districts that make up Sollentuna today, correspond to railway stations, now operated by commuter trains. From south to north: Helenelund, Tureberg (railway station is named Sollentuna), Häggvik, Norrviken and Rotebro. Viby is an extension of Norrviken and the 2 remaining districts - Edsberg
and Sjöberg - are to be found along the road to Danderyd. Other roads into Sollentuna includes the road from Kallhäll
to Rotebro and the motorway (E4) that approximates the same route as the railway.
Sollentuna received rights as a merchant town (köping
) in 1944. It never got a charter, and köping status was made obsolete by the municipal reform of 1971.
with 61 members elected by proportional representation
through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the national parliamentary elections every four years. The assembly elects a municipal board, (kommunstyrelse
) which is the municipality's main governing body, chaired by the Mayor
(sw. kommunstyrelsens ordförande). The current mayor is Douglas Lithborn, of the Moderate Party
.
. A few houses on the eastern border (with about 10 inh.) is in Täby urban area. Sjöberg
is constituting a locality of its own.
The municipality is subdivided into the following districts:
-- the latter a bay of the Baltic Sea
.
Edsviken and Norrviken are popular lakes for ice tour skating
during the winter. The municipality plows a 15 km long skating track on Norrviken. Note that Norrviken is also the name of a district at the western shore of the Norrviken lake.
Other lakes:
with:
Hvidovre in Denmark
Saue
in Estonia
Tuusula
in Finland
Oppegård
in Norway
Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
in 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...
in east central 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....
. Its seat is located in Sollentuna.
Sollentuna borders the municipalities of Solna
Solna Municipality
Solna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located just north of the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the 'city' of Solna....
, Sundbyberg
Sundbyberg Municipality
Sundbyberg Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urban population....
, Stockholm
Stockholm Municipality
Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is the largest of the 290 municipalities of the country in terms of population, but one of the smaller in terms of area, making it the most densely populated...
, Järfälla
Järfälla Municipality
Järfälla Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg....
, Upplands Väsby
Upplands Väsby Municipality
Upplands Väsby Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, with a population of 38,963 . Its seat is located in the town of Upplands Väsby....
, Täby
Täby Municipality
Täby Municipality is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Täby...
and Danderyd
Danderyd Municipality
Danderyd Municipality is a municipality just north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent...
in clockwise order starting to the south.
History
Sollentuna municipality was founded in conjunction with the reform of local governmentLocal government
Local government refers collectively to administrative authorities over areas that are smaller than a state.The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government...
in Sweden in 1863. However, its boundaries are equivalent to those of Sollentuna Parish, which dates back to the 12th century. Well into the 20th century, Sollentuna was a predominantly rural area.
Modern Sollentuna evolved around the railway between Uppsala
Uppsala
- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...
and 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...
, inaugurated in 1866. In fact, five of the eight districts that make up Sollentuna today, correspond to railway stations, now operated by commuter trains. From south to north: Helenelund, Tureberg (railway station is named Sollentuna), Häggvik, Norrviken and Rotebro. Viby is an extension of Norrviken and the 2 remaining districts - Edsberg
Edsberg, Sollentuna
Edsberg is an urban district in Sollentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is located at the bottom of the Edsviken Bay, which forms a long inlet all the way from the Gulf of Bothnia. It forms part of the Stockholm urban area. In daily use Edsberg means the the area with multifamily...
and Sjöberg - are to be found along the road to Danderyd. Other roads into Sollentuna includes the road from Kallhäll
Kallhäll
Kallhäll is a suburb in the greater Stockholm urban area. It is part of the Järfälla municipality. As of 2008, Kallhäll has a population of 13 000. Kallhäll is the home of classic football team Kallhälls FF, however currently residing in the 6th division...
to Rotebro and the motorway (E4) that approximates the same route as the railway.
Sollentuna received rights as a merchant town (köping
Köping
This article deals with the Swedish denomination for a market town. For the city, see Köping, Sweden. For the municipality, see Köping Municipality....
) in 1944. It never got a charter, and köping status was made obsolete by the municipal reform of 1971.
Politics and government
Sollentuna Municipality has a municipal assemblyMunicipal assembly (Sweden)
A municipal assembly is the decision-making body governing each of the 290 municipalities of Sweden. Though the Swedish Local Government Act uses the term "municipal assembly" in the English translation of the Act, "municipal council" and even "city council" are used as well, even in official...
with 61 members elected by proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the national parliamentary elections every four years. The assembly elects a municipal board, (kommunstyrelse
Kommunstyrelse
The Kommunstyrelse is the executive branch of local government in each of the 290 municipalities of Sweden. The term used in the English version of the Swedish Local Government Act is municipal executive committee...
) which is the municipality's main governing body, chaired by the Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
(sw. kommunstyrelsens ordförande). The current mayor is Douglas Lithborn, of the Moderate Party
Moderate Party
The Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
.
2010 election results
In the 2010 municipal elections, the seats in the Council are divided in the following way:| The governing parties | Parties in opposition |
|---|---|
|
Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... 11 Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations... 2 Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**... 4 Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats is a political party in Sweden, founded in 1988. SD describes itself as a nationalist movement although others use the term far-right. Since 2005, its party chairman is Jimmie Åkesson, while Björn Söder is the party secretary and parliamentary group leader. An Anemone... 1 |
2006 election results
In the 2006 municipal elections, the seats in the Council are divided in the following way:| The governing parties | Parties in opposition |
|---|---|
|
Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... 13 Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations... 2 Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**... 2 |
2002 election results
In the 2002 municipal elections, the seats in the Council are divided in the following way:| The governing parties | Parties in opposition |
|---|---|
|
Swedish Social Democratic Party The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889... 16 Left Party (Sweden) The Left Party is a socialist and feminist political party in Sweden, from 1967 to 1990 known as the Left Party – The Communists .On welfare issues, the party opposes privatizations... 3 Green Party (Sweden) -External links:**... 2 |
List of mayors since 1971
- (1971-1974) Urban Gibson (fpLiberal People's Party (Sweden)The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...
) - (1974-1977) Carl-Erik Nilsson (cCentre Party (Sweden)The Centre Party is a centrist political party in Sweden. The party maintains close ties to rural Sweden and describes itself as "a green social liberal party". The ideology is sometimes called agrarian, but in a European context, the Centre Party can perhaps best be characterized as social...
) - (1977-1980) Sven Olle Isidor Persson (sSwedish Social Democratic PartyThe Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...
) - (1980-1987) Jan-Olov Sundström (mModerate PartyThe Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
) - (1987-1998) Gun Blomberg (mModerate PartyThe Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
) - (1998-2000) Christina Naess (mModerate PartyThe Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
) - (2000-2010) Torbjörn Rosdahl (mModerate PartyThe Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
) - (since 2010) Douglas Lithborn (mModerate PartyThe Moderate Party is a centre-right, liberal conservative political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League by a group of conservatives in the Swedish parliament...
)
Localities and districts
Since 1995 the bulk of the built-up area of the municipality is statistically counted to the mulitimunicipal Stockholm urban areaStockholm urban area
The Stockholm urban area is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous multimunicipal built-up area, which extends into 11 municipalities in Stockholm County. It contains the...
. A few houses on the eastern border (with about 10 inh.) is in Täby urban area. Sjöberg
Sjoberg
-People:*Alf Sjöberg, Swedish film director*Birger Sjöberg, Swedish poet*Carl Leopold Sjöberg, Swedish composer*Emma Sjöberg, Swedish fashion model and actress.*Göran Sjöberg, Swedish ice hockey player and coach*Henrik Sjöberg, Swedish athlete and gymnast....
is constituting a locality of its own.
The municipality is subdivided into the following districts:
- Tureberg, 13 380 inh.
- RotebroRotebroRotebro is a town in Stockholm county, Sweden, near Sollentuna. It is divided into two parts, Rotsunda and Gillbo, by the railway.Rotebro is located in the northernmost part of the Sollentuna municipality. In the 1890s, a yeast factory moved there from Alkärret, Brunnsviken...
, 8 632 - Helenelund, 8,337
- EdsbergEdsberg, SollentunaEdsberg is an urban district in Sollentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is located at the bottom of the Edsviken Bay, which forms a long inlet all the way from the Gulf of Bothnia. It forms part of the Stockholm urban area. In daily use Edsberg means the the area with multifamily...
, 8,039 - Viby, 5,744
- SjöbergSjoberg-People:*Alf Sjöberg, Swedish film director*Birger Sjöberg, Swedish poet*Carl Leopold Sjöberg, Swedish composer*Emma Sjöberg, Swedish fashion model and actress.*Göran Sjöberg, Swedish ice hockey player and coach*Henrik Sjöberg, Swedish athlete and gymnast....
, 4,404 - Häggvik, 4,289
- Norrviken, 3,326
- Vaxmora, 2 234
- Järvafältet, 58
- Kärrdal,
- EdsvikenEdsvikenEdsviken 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...
Lakes
Central to the landscape of Sollentuna are the rather big lakes Norrviken and EdsvikenEdsviken
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...
-- the latter a bay of the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
.
Edsviken and Norrviken are popular lakes for ice tour skating
Tour skating
Tour skating is a sport and recreational form oflong distance ice skating on natural ice.The Nordic style of tour skating is popular in the Nordic countries,especially Sweden, but increasingly in...
during the winter. The municipality plows a 15 km long skating track on Norrviken. Note that Norrviken is also the name of a district at the western shore of the Norrviken lake.
Other lakes:
- Fjäturen
- Ravalen
- Rösjön
- Väsjön
- Översjön
- Snuggan
- Djupan
Twin towns — sister cities
The municipality is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
with:
Hvidovre in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Saue
Saue
Saue is a town in north-western Estonia. Administratively it constitutes a separate urban municipality in Harju County.The territory of Saue is and population about 5,600. Closest centres are Tallinn , Keila , Saku and Laagri ....
in Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
Tuusula
Tuusula
Tuusula is a municipality of Finland. It belongs to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of .-Geography:...
in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
Oppegård
Oppegård
Oppegård is a village and municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kolbotn. The new municipality of Oppegård was separated from the municipality of Nesodden on 1 July 1915...
in Norway
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...
Sights
- Edsbacka krogEdsbacka krogEdsbacka krog is a restaurant on the banks of the Edsviken in Sollentuna, Sweden, just north of Stockholm. It closed in February 2010, and was then one of two Swedish restaurants with two stars in the Michelin Guide....
, located by Edsbacka lake and founded already in 1634, is the only Swedish restaurant with two stars in the Michelin GuideMichelin GuideThe Michelin Guide is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. The term normally refers to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the Michelin stars...
. - Edsbergs slott was built in rococoRococoRococo , also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful...
1760. Its 400 km² can be rented. - Probable burial mound of King AgneAgneAgne, English: Agni, Hogne or Agni Skjálfarbondi was a mythological king of Sweden, of the House of Yngling.Snorri Sturluson relates that he was the son of Dag the Wise, and he was mighty and famous. He was also skilled in many ways....
from the 5th century.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Sollentuna Municipality:- Rotebro IS FFRotebro IS FFRotebro IS FF is a Swedish football club located in Sollentuna.-Background:Since their foundation Rotebro IS FF has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system. The club currently plays in Division 2 Norra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football...
- Sollentuna United FFSollentuna United FFSollentuna United FF is a Swedish football club located in Sollentuna.-Background:Sollentuna United FF was founded in 2006 with the impending merger of Turebergs IF and Edsbergs IF which became operative in the 2008 season. Turebergs IF were promoted from Division 3 Norra Svealand in 2007 after...
Notable people
- Jonas BaneJonas BaneJonas Bane, is a Swedish actor who first appeared on TV as the 16 year old Kim Dahlberg in Swedish Television SVT’s drama series Andra Avenyn.-Biography:...
, actor - Kajsa BergqvistKajsa BergqvistKajsa Margareta Bergqvist is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003,...
, high jumping world champion - Thomas BodströmThomas BodströmThomas Lennart Bodström is a Swedish politician and member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He was the Swedish Minister for Justice in the two last succeeding governments of the Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, from 2000 to 2006. Since October 2006 until October 2010 he was the chairman...
, football player, politician, former minister of justice - Ted GärdestadTed GärdestadTed Gärdestad , internationally known as Ted Gardestad, Ted Gaerdestad or just Ted was a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician.-Early career:...
, pop musician - Maia HirasawaMaia HirasawaMaia Hirasawa is a Swedish singer-songwriter.She was born and raised in Sollentuna, but has lived for many years in Gothenburg. Maia became known through Annika Norlin's band Hello Saferide, where she is a back-up singer. Her solo career began in early 2007 when the song "And I Found This Boy"...
, musician - Patric HörnqvistPatric HörnqvistPatric Gösta Hörnqvist is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
, hockey player - Jonatan JohanssonJonatan Johansson (snowboarder)Jonatan Johansson was a Swedish Olympic snowboarder from Sollentuna, Stockholm County.Johansson died following a failed jump landing during training for the International Ski Federation World Cup competition....
, snowboarder - Ulrika JonssonUlrika JonssonEva Ulrika Jonsson is a Swedish television presenter in the UK, who became famous as a TV-am weather presenter and moved on to present Gladiators and became a team captain of the show Shooting Stars.-Early life:...
, television presenter - Christer PetterssonChrister PetterssonChrister Pettersson was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden...
, Olof PalmeOlof PalmeSven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...
murder suspect - RednexRednexRednex is a Swedish techno/folk/bluegrass band. They had an international novelty hit with the song "Cotton Eye Joe" in 1994. Although extremely popular in Germany, where the band holds the record of most total weeks at No.1 on the German singles chart over the past 30 years—scoring such hits as...
, country pop group - Farhad ShakelyFarhad ShakelyFarhad Shakely is a prominent Kurdish writer, poet and researcher. He is one of the founders of modern Kurdish poetry in the post-Goran period. He was born in 1951 in the province of Kirkuk in Iraq. He began publishing poetry in 1968. In the early 1970s he studied in the Kurdish department of the...
, poet - Sonic Dream CollectiveSonic Dream CollectiveSonic Dream Collective was a Swedish pop band from the city of Uppsala. They had their greatest success in 1995 with the song “Oh, Baby All” which topped the Swedish national radio P3 Tracks chart...
, pop group - Linda SkuggeLinda SkuggeLinda Ingrid Skugge is a Swedish author and journalist . Skugge lives in Sollentuna and is married to the musician Johan Skugge, with whom she has three daughters. Her career began in 1991 when she worked for the youth magazine Ultra Magazine. 1993 she started writing cronicles every week for...
, writer - Mats SundinMats SundinMats Johan Sundin is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played his first four seasons in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1994, where he played the majority of his career, serving 11...
, hockey player - Yngwie Malmsteen, guitarist, composer and bandleader
- Johan MunckJohan MunckJohan Munck is a Swedish lawyer and former president of the Supreme Court of Sweden between 2007–2010.Johan Munck was born in Malmö, Skåne County, the adopted son of the lawyer and former mayor of Malmö Thomas Munck af Rosenschöld. He received a Candidate of Law degree from Lund University in 1966...
, Chief Justice of Sweden - Caroline WinbergCaroline WinbergCaroline Maria Winberg is a Swedish model.-Early life:Caroline Winberg was born in Sollentuna, Sweden. Winberg, a tomboy and aspiring professional football player in her youth for AIK from Solna a suburb north Stockholm, was en route to football training when scout Cesar Wintland spotted the...
, model
External links
- Sollentuna Municipality - Official site