Editing Tyresö Municipality (section)

==History==
The first humans arrived in what today is Tyresö Municipality somewhere around the 3rd millennium BC. It would not be until about the 7th century that permanent settlements would start appearing though. There are some graves and other remnants left from this prehistoric time.

The Tyresö estate has its origins in the 14th century. During the 17th century the estate was at its largest, covering nearly the entire current area of the municipality. The [[Tyresö Palace]] and [[Tyresö Church]] were built during this century, with the palace completed in 1636 and the church in 1640.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/Sve/Bin%c3%a4rfiler/Filer/91F1A905-0EE5-41B3-8FFE-165053F42BE2.pdf|title=Tyresö kyrka|publisher=Svenskakyrkan.se|language=sv|access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref>

Tyresö was an important industrial centre in the Stockholm region between the 16th and 19th centuries, thanks to the [[watermill]]s that could be built on the streams between the lakes. The waterwheels in the municipal arms represent the three hydropower facilities at Nyfors, Uddby and Follbrinksströmmen. The industries included [[rolling mill]]s, [[gristmill]]s, [[forge]]s, [[paper mill]]s, [[sawmill]]s, and a [[brickworks]]. None of the watermills are left today. The Uddby mill burned down in 1895, and a [[Hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] power plant was built in its place, which still stands today and is the only such plant in the Stockholm area.

During the early 20th century, the large land area of the Tyresö estate began to be divided into lots, and summer cottages began to be built. Some quite luxurious ones were built in the Brevik area. The rate of construction increased rapidly in the early decades of the century. From the 1950s onwards, the summer cottages began to be converted into year-round dwellings at a rapid pace.

From the 1950s onwards, [[Bollmora]] experienced a huge expansion rate, especially after the legislation [[Lex Bollmora]] in 1959 which allowed municipal real estate companies to operate in other municipalities than their own. A municipal centre formed in Bollmora, ''Bollmora Centrum'', which was inaugurated in 1965.<ref name=bollmora.se>{{cite web|title=bollmora – tyresös mittpunkt|url=http://www.bollmora.se/kommundelar/bollmora.php|work=bollmora.se|access-date=10 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910120407/http://www.bollmora.se/kommundelar/bollmora.php|archive-date=10 September 2013}}</ref> The [[Million Programme]] put its distinctive print on Tyresö as well, especially Bollmora: many of the apartment building areas come from that programme.

During the expansive phase from the 1950s onwards, the population of Tyresö has grown from about 5,000 to just over 44,000 at present.<ref name="SCB2013-09-30">{{cite web|title=Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 september 2013|url=http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Kvartals--och-halvarsstatistik---Kommun-lan-och-riket/Kvartal-3-2013/|publisher=[[Statistics Sweden]]|access-date=11 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223020533/http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Kvartals--och-halvarsstatistik---Kommun-lan-och-riket/Kvartal-3-2013/|archive-date=23 December 2013}}</ref>

The Bollmora Centrum was rebuilt in the early 1990s to be an enclosed shopping centre, and renamed [[Tyresö Centrum]].<ref name=bollmora.se />

In August 1999 a large [[wildfire]] destroyed about 10% of the [[Tyresta National Park]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Storbranden 1999|url=http://www.tyresta.se/om-tyresta/storbranden-1999/|work=tyresta.se|access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref>