Sollentuna Municipality

Sollentuna Municipality (Template:Langx; Template:IPA)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden, north of Stockholm. Its seat of local government is located in Tureberg, which is a part of Sollentuna urban area.

Geography

Sollentuna borders the municipalities of Solna, Sundbyberg, Stockholm, Järfälla, Upplands Väsby, Täby and Danderyd in clockwise order starting to the south.

Localities and districts

Since 1995, the bulk of the built-up area of the municipality has been statistically included in the multimunicipal city of Stockholm. A few houses on the eastern border (with about 10 inhabitants) are in Täby urban area. Sjöberg constitutes a locality of its own.

The municipality is subdivided into the following districts according to population as of 31 December 2021:<ref>31 December 2021</ref>[1]<ref name=kortfakta>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Tureberg, 19,127 inhabitants
• Rotebro, 8,824 inhabitants
• Helenelund, 12,678 inhabitants
• Edsberg, 12,338 inhabitants
• Viby, 5,748 inhabitants
• Sjöberg, 4,705 inhabitants
• Häggvik, 5,518 inhabitants
• Norrviken, 3,349 inhabitants
• Vaxmora, 2,635 inhabitants
• Järvafältet, 186 inhabitants
• Total: 75,108

Lakes

Ice skating in winter.

Ice skating on Lake Norrviken in winter.

Central to the landscape of Sollentuna are the rather big lakes Norrviken and Edsviken—the latter a bay of the Baltic Sea.

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Lake Norrviken

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:

• Fjäturen
• Ravalen
• Rösjön
• Väsjön
• Översjön
• Snuggan
• Djupan

History

Sollentuna municipality was founded in conjunction with the reform of local government in Sweden in 1863. However, its boundaries are almost equivalent to those of Sollentuna Parish,Template:Citation needed 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. Five of the eight districts that make up the municipality today correspond to railway stations, now operated by Stockholm commuter rail system. From south to north: Helenelund, Tureberg (railway station is Sollentuna Station), Häggvik, Norrviken and Rotebro. Viby is an extension of Norrviken and the two remaining districts— Edsberg and Sjöberg—are found along the road to Danderyd. Other roads into Sollentuna includes the road from Kallhäll to Rotebro and the E 4 motorway that approximates the same route as the railway.

Sollentuna received the title of a merchant town (köping) in 1944. Köping status was made obsolete by the municipal reform of 1971.

Demography

Income and Education

The population in Sollentuna Municipality has the 11th highest median income per capita in Sweden.<ref name="Medianinkomst">Template:Cite web</ref> The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 40.7% (national average: 27.0%) and the 9th highest in the country.<ref name="Andel högutbildade">Template:Cite web</ref>

Residents with a foreign background

On 31 December 2017, the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 23 284, or 32.41% of the population (71 848 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002, the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 12 443, or 21.26% of the population (58 515 on 31 December 2002).<ref>Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019)</ref> On 31 December 2017, there were 71 848 residents in Sollentuna, of which 17 657 people (24.58%) were born in a country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below - the Nordic countries, as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden.<ref name="Scbfödelseland">Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019</ref>

2022 population by district

This is a demographic table based on Sollentuna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=SollentunaVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

There were 74,969 residents and 52,341 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SollentunaVal2022/> 48.3% voted for the left coalition and 50.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | % % 10 Mellersta Rotebro 1,702 1,225 51.3 48.2 83 78 22 32,086 61 11 Gillbo-Gillberga 1,809 1,325 44.3 54.3 87 84 16 37,700 59 12 Södra Rotebro 1,549 1,021 56.6 39.4 69 45 55 22,814 37 13 Rotsunda 944 631 49.3 47.4 69 48 52 22,942 38 14 Rotsunda gård 1,472 980 42.5 55.2 73 47 53 26,336 38 15 Rotsunda strand 1,388 984 50.2 48.7 76 62 38 26,301 48 21 Södra Viby 1,802 1,292 44.1 54.8 85 83 17 41,363 69 22 Norra Viby 2,071 1,405 49.2 50.1 87 79 21 38,508 64 23 Östra Viby 1,620 1,168 48.2 50.4 85 78 22 36,081 65 31 Norra Norrviken 1,951 1,390 51.0 48.3 82 77 23 33,145 64 32 Södra Norrviken 1,765 1,335 48.6 50.6 84 79 21 34,241 65 41 Väsjön 1,853 1,166 46.7 52.1 82 57 43 38,166 66 42 Edsängen-Solängen 1,847 1,293 45.8 53.3 84 81 19 39,142 68 43 Tunberget 1,463 979 47.0 51.9 81 68 32 33,936 65 51 Östra Häggvik 1,427 1,113 48.3 50.3 84 70 30 30,045 59 52 Västra Häggvik 1,920 1,421 51.2 47.1 80 62 38 26,662 51 53 Skälby-Edsbacka 1,667 1,241 51.7 47.6 85 80 20 38,839 70 54 Nytorp 1,542 1,161 39.5 59.3 84 72 28 39,380 74 55 S Häggvik-Edstorp 1,204 1,062 49.7 49.1 82 77 23 31,911 65 61 Edsbergs C 1,742 1,141 53.2 43.3 74 45 55 25,513 52 62 Västra Edsberg 1,900 1,225 57.9 38.7 70 43 57 22,097 44 63 Östra Edsberg 1,676 1,063 59.8 36.3 71 41 59 21,272 37 64 Norra Landsnora 1,550 1,060 54.3 43.4 76 59 41 25,980 50 65 Edsbacka-Edsängen 1,274 938 51.2 46.4 77 54 46 26,212 48 70 Södra Töjnan 2,069 1,449 46.6 51.7 83 61 39 33,670 65 71 Norra Töjnan 1,926 1,342 45.0 53.8 82 69 31 36,360 62 72 Knista 1,877 1,185 51.7 46.7 81 49 51 31,916 64 73 Östra Bagarby 1,354 901 64.9 29.2 59 17 83 14,886 41 74 Västra Bagarby 1,878 1,164 66.6 29.1 67 27 73 20,805 42 75 Fågelsången 1,605 1,124 48.7 50.6 85 76 24 38,746 73 76 Turebergs villastad 2,092 1,438 40.4 59.4 86 82 18 45,384 76 77 Sollentuna C 1,578 1,332 50.4 48.4 80 60 40 30,022 62 78 Norra Bagarby 1,884 1,365 57.8 39.6 76 51 49 27,342 55 79 Mellersta Bagarby 1,527 975 64.8 25.4 59 14 86 15,627 32 80 Södra Landsnora 1,680 1,172 36.1 62.7 86 77 23 43,028 75 81 Västra Sjöberg 1,402 1,096 40.6 59.0 79 73 27 34,734 66 82 Östra Sjöberg 1,497 1,075 40.1 58.5 84 70 30 32,212 61 83 Kärrdal 1,488 1,098 48.1 50.7 85 71 29 30,869 56 90 Södra Edsviken 1,950 1,408 42.1 57.3 82 84 16 40,750 75 91 Eriksberg 1,814 1,223 44.2 53.9 81 61 39 35,390 61 92 Helenelunds C 2,038 1,244 56.0 41.7 75 38 62 26,035 59 93 Tegelhagen 1,794 1,224 46.3 53.0 89 76 24 41,608 76 94 Norra Edsviken 1,947 1,453 36.1 62.9 83 82 18 45,139 77 95 Silverdal 2,431 1,454 41.0 58.1 92 75 25 49,711 78 Source: SVT<ref name=SollentunaVal2022/>

Politics and government

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Turebergshuset, municipal building

Template:Recentism Sollentuna Municipality has a municipal assembly 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 Henrik Thunes,<ref name="stockholmdirekt.se">Template:Cite web</ref> of the Moderate Party.

2022 election results

In the 2022 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

The governing parties	Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 19 The Liberals 5 The Centre Party 5 The Christian Democrats 3	The Swedish Social Democratic Party 17 The Sweden Democrats 5 The Left Party 4 The Green Party 3

2018 election results

In the 2018 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

The governing parties	Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 19 The Liberal People's Party 6 The Christian Democrats 5 The Centre Party 4	The Swedish Social Democratic Party 13 The Sweden Democrats 5 The Left Party 4 The Green Party 3 The Sollentuna Party 2

2014 election results

In the 2014 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

The governing parties	Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 22 The Liberal People's Party 6 The Christian Democrats 4	The Swedish Social Democratic Party 12 The Left Party 2 The Sollentuna Party 4 The Green Party 5 The Sweden Democrats 3 The Centre Party 3

2010 election results

In the 2010 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

The governing parties	Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 26 The Liberal People's Party 7 The Centre Party 2 The Christian Democrats 2	The Swedish Social Democratic Party 11 The Left Party 2 The Sollentuna Party 6 The Green Party 4 The Sweden Democrats 1

2006 election results

In the 2006 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

The governing parties	Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 26 The Liberal People's Party 7 The Centre Party 2 The Christian Democrats 4	The Swedish Social Democratic Party 13 The Left Party 2 The Sollentuna Party 5 The Green Party 2

2002 election results

In the 2002 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

The governing parties	Parties in opposition
The Moderate Party 19 The Liberal People's Party 11 The Centre Party 2 The Christian Democrats 4	The Swedish Social Democratic Party 16 The Left Party 3 The Sollentuna Party 4 The Green Party 2

List of mayors since 1971

• (1971–1974) Urban Gibson (fp)
• (1974–1977) Carl-Erik Nilsson (c)
• (1977–1980) Sven Olle Isidor Persson (s)
• (1980–1987) Jan-Olov Sundström (m)
• (1987–1998) Gun Blomberg (m)
• (1998–2000) Christina Naess (m)
• (2000–2010) Torbjörn Rosdahl (m)
• (2010-2015-07-11) Douglas Lithborn (m) <ref>[Douglas Lithborn died 2015-07-11 http://www.sollentuna.se/sv/arkiverade-nyheter/nyheter-2015/kommunstyrelsens-ordforande-i-sollentuna-har-avlidit/]</ref>
• (2015-07-12- 2015-09-16) Anna Lena Johansson (fp) <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015-09-17- Henrik Thunes (m) <ref name="stockholmdirekt.se"/>

Public transport

Sollentuna is served by the Stockholm public transport system. Stockholm commuter rail has five stations within the municipality. There is also an extensive SL bus network.

Sights

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Edsbergs slott

• Edsbacka krog, located by Edsbacka lake and founded already in 1634, was the only Swedish restaurant with two stars in the Michelin Guide until it closed in February 2010. Now the site has a slightly less fancy restaurant, again under the name, Edsbacka Krog <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Edsbergs slott was built in the rococo style in 1760. It's 400 m² Template:Cn
• Probable burial mound of King Agne from the 5th century.

Sports

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Sollentunavallen

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Bandy at Sollentunavallen

Sollentunavallen is the biggest playing field. It consists of two fields. The main arena is for football and athletics. Alongside it, there's a field with artificial grass, which is used for bandy during the winter season.

The following sports clubs are located in Sollentuna Municipality:

• Sollentuna Kanotsällskap
• Sollentuna Skridskosällskap
• Sollentuna Volleybollklubb
• Rotebro IS FF
• Sollentuna FK
• Konståkningsklubben Sollentuna
• Turebergs FK
• Helenelunds IK
• Sollentuna HC
• SKIFT

As of December 2022 there are 64 sports clubs in Sollentuna. The full list is maintained on the municipality web site.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

• Jonas Bane, actor
• Kajsa Bergqvist, high jump world champion
• Thomas Bodström, football player, politician, former minister of justice
• Ted Gärdestad, pop musician
• Maia Hirasawa, musician
• Patric Hörnqvist, ice hockey player currently with the Florida Panthers of the NHL
• Jonatan Johansson, snowboarder
• Ulrika Jonsson, television presenter
• Charlotte Lindström, former model who was charged in 2007 for ordering a hitman to kill two witnesses in Australia
• Johan Munck, Chief Justice of Sweden
• Christer Pettersson, Olof Palme murder suspect
• Rickard Rakell, ice hockey player currently with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL
• Emilia Andersson Ramboldt, ice hockey player and former captain of the Swedish women's national team
• Rednex, country pop group
• Lovisa Selander, ice hockey goaltender for the Boston Pride and the Swedish women's national team
• Farhad Shakely, poet
• Linda Skugge, writer
• Mats Sundin, professional ice hockey player
• Niklas Svedberg, professional ice hockey goaltender
• Rolf Tibblin, two-time Motocross World Champion (1962, 1963)
• Caroline Winberg, model
• Mia Mulder, video essayist, activist, podcaster, city councillor

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Template:Flagicon Hvidovre in Denmark
• Template:Flagicon Saue in Estonia
• Template:Flagicon Tuusula in Finland
• Template:Flagicon Oppegård in Norway

See also

• Sollentuna Hundred

External links

• Sollentuna Municipality - Official site