Editing Täby Municipality (section)

==History==
[[File:Östsidan av Näsby slott. 01.jpg|thumb|left| Näsby Manor]]
[[File:Rydboholms slott Vasatorn 1997.jpg|thumb|left| Rydboholm Manor]]

During the first millennium, Täby was part of the lands of the [[Swedes (Germanic tribe)|Svear]], known as [[Svitjod]]. Remains from this period can be found in more than 37 [[runestone]]s found in the municipality.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.taby.se/templates/TswComplexPage.aspx?id=2884 |title=www.taby.se |access-date=19 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630092507/http://www.taby.se/templates/TswComplexPage.aspx?id=2884 |archive-date=30 June 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the north of the municipality can be found, the remains of the 11th-century causeway known as ''[[Jarlabanke Runestones|Jarlabankes bro]]''. The cross on Täby's [[coat of arms]] is found on the [[Risbylestenen]], a runestone, in the northern part of the municipality. It is said that this runestone shows the first signs of Christianity reaching this part of Europe.{{efn|Täby's coat of arms has a [[Christian cross variants#Greek cross|Byzantine cross]] which is apparently a reference to the [[Route from the Varangians to the Greeks|town's relationship]] with [[Constantinople]] ([[Names of Istanbul#Old Norse|Miklagard]] or [[Old Norse]] ''Mikligarðr'') and the [[Byzantine Empire]] during the [[Viking Age|age]] of the [[Vikings]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Albert |first=Daniel  |url=https://www.lifeinnorway.net/miklagard-vikings-constantinople/ |title=Miklagard: When the Vikings Reached Constantinople |work=Life in Norway (www.lifeinnorway.net) |date=11 November 2021 |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-date=2 May 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230502211448/https://www.lifeinnorway.net/miklagard-vikings-constantinople/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nikel |first=David |url=https://www.lifeinnorway.net/scandinavian-runestones/ |title=Scandinavian Runestones: Viking History in Plain Sight |work=Life in Norway (www.lifeinnorway.net) |date=15 May 2020 |access-date=31 May 2024 |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240531162914/https://www.lifeinnorway.net/scandinavian-runestones/}}</ref>}} During the [[Middle Ages]], Täby was part of the [[Attundaland]] region.
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upplevvallentuna.se/en/216084/Runriket-Jarlabankes-bro/|title=  Jarlabankes bro|publisher=   upplevvallentuna.se
|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>

Täby remained a rural community until the 19th century. Most of the land was owned by the noble families. During the 16th and 17th centuries, most of the land in eastern Täby was owned by the [[Brahe]] family of Rydboholm Manor (''Rydboholms slott''). Other noble families owning land in Täby at different times during this period were [[Banér (Swedish noble family)|Banér]], [[Bååth]], [[Axel Erik Roos|Roos]], [[Arvid Gustavsson Sparre|Sparre]], [[Gyllenstierna]] and [[Meijerfeldt]].

The latter two owned, at different times, Näsby Manor (''Näsby Slott'') in the southeast of the municipality. By 1790 Täby had a population of approximately 900 people, most of them living on one of the 36 farms. By the end of the 19th century the population had grown to approximately 1,250.
<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://www.slottsguiden.info/slottdetalj.asp?id=23 |title=  Rydboholm |publisher= slottsguiden.info  |access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=   http://smultronstallen.se/hotell/naesby-slott/   |title=  Näsby Slott|publisher=  smultronstallen.se
|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>

In 1885, the [[Roslagsbanan]] narrow-gauge railway was built, connecting Täby with the city of [[Stockholm]]. Täby experienced a population expansion. People settled near the railway stations. In 1902 the wealthy engineer [[Carl Robert Lamm]] (1856–1938), acquired the burned down Näsby Manor and rebuilt it.<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=10956  |title=  Carl Robert Lamm|publisher=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon  |author= Boo von Malmborg |access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref>

Around the time of the [[First World War]] many city dwellers in Stockholm acquired small summer residences in the eastern part of Täby, what is now the district of [[Näsbypark]]. By 1919 Täby's population had grown to 3,000. Some years after [[Second World War]] Täby increasingly became a suburb of Stockholm, and by 1947 the population had increased to 8,584, concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the municipality.

In 1948 Täby acquired the title of a "merchant town" ({{langx|sv|köping}}), valid until the reform of 1971. This was also the beginning of the large scale development of Täby, led by the mayor [[Gustaf Berg]]. By 1975 the population had increased to 41,307 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.taby.se/templates/TswComplexPage.aspx?id=2275 |title=www.taby.se |access-date=19 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926161503/http://www.taby.se/templates/TswComplexPage.aspx?id=2275 |archive-date=26 September 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Today, Täby is considered an attractive suburb to Stockholm with one of the highest median incomes in Sweden.