Sundbyberg Municipality

Sundbyberg Municipality (Template:Langx or Sundbybergs stad) 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.

Sundbyberg was detached from Bromma (which since 1916 is in Stockholm Municipality) in 1888 as a market town (köping). It got the title of a city in 1927. In 1949 parts of Solna Municipality and Spånga Municipality (when the rest of Spånga was amalgamated into Stockholm) were added. A proposed merger with Solna in 1971 was never implemented, making Sundbyberg, with an area of Template:Convert, the smallest municipality in Sweden, but also the most densely populated. The municipality prefers to call itself a city, which, however, has no legal significance.

History

Sundbyberg was for a long time only an area of small agriculture value and most of all used as a place to spend summer for rich families in the city.Template:Cn In 1863, almost the entire area was bought by Anders Petter Löfström, including Duvbo Estate, who began building houses there.Template:Cn In 1870, the first industrial plot was sold and from there the town did expand with railroad, houses, industries and community services of all kind. A. P. Löfström also donated to the municipality, all land for roads, streets, parks, school, church and other public areas.Template:Cn

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Sundbyberg and its surroundings in 1919

In 1888, Sundbyberg municipality was formed with 1,133 inhabitants,<ref name=stadsmuseum>Template:Cite web</ref> splitting off from Bromma. At the time the municipality only constituted Central Sundbyberg and the undeveloped Storskogen. Sundbyberg was known in its early years for its beer, its spirited political discourses, its muddy streets, and the danger of the streets at night<ref name=historia>Template:Cite web</ref> (nowadays the crime-hit areas are Hallonbergen and Rissne instead<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>). Sales of land was aimed at workers and industry, and the relative lack of public services caused a strong cooperative spirit to form.<ref name=kulturarvstockholm/> Suburbs bordering Sundbyberg were also built – Lilla Alby and Mariehäll in the 1880s and Duvbo around 1900. While trains stopped in Sundbyberg, they did so at a low frequency, and most commuters used the steam boat.<ref name=kulturarvstockholm/> In 1910 a tram line was built from Stockholm and Råsunda to the municipal border, and then into Sundbyberg in 1928, running until 1959.<ref name=stadsmuseum/>

A new city plan was established in 1941, prescribing the construction of lamellhus, rectangular multi-residential buildings with typically four floors, leading to the demolishment of most of the wooden houses in Sundbyberg in the 1940s, while brick or concrete buildings were kept. Many industrial buildings were converted to residential use at the same time. Rising housing prices led to a more densely built suburb than envisioned in the city plan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as cause Sundbyberg to rapidly lose its industrial character.<ref name=kulturarvstockholm/>

In 1946 Sundbyberg municipality, which by then had 15,000 inhabitants, bought Storskogen, with the first homes going up there in 1952. In 1949 Spånga municipality was split between neighbouring municipalities, giving Duvbo, Ursvik and some other land to Sundbyberg. Lilla Alby was transferred from Solna municipality to Sundbyberg at the same time.<ref name=stadsmuseum/> Since the 1950s when Storskogen was built, Sundbyberg has expanded one district each decade, with Ör built in the 1960s, Hallonbergen and its metro line (which also serves Storskogen and Ör) in the 1970s, Rissne and its metro line (which also serves Central Sundbyberg and Lilla Alby) in the 1980s, Brotorp and Stora Ursvik in the 2000s.<ref name=historia/><ref name=slkonst>Template:Cite web</ref>

Economy

The roughly 50,000 inhabitants live in about 20,000 households. The industrial policy of the municipality is to provide one job opportunity for every household, with there being around 23,000 jobs in the municipality (in 2015<ref name=2016stats>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>). So unlike other municipalities in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sundbyberg is not a bedroom suburb wherefrom people commute to Stockholm, but also a place commuted to from outside. In total, 19,000 commuters travel in each direction to or from Sundbyberg every day (in 2014).<ref name=2016stats/> The unemployment rate in Sundbyberg closely tracks the average for Stockholm County<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and is generally lower than the Swedish average.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the first half of its existence, Sundbyberg saw a strong expansion of industrial activity, and most residents were industrial workers, but in the 1940s the industry almost entirely disappeared from Sundbyberg. By the 1970s warehouses and IT businesses had established themselves instead, and an attempt to establish industry in Hallonbergen had failed due to high rental costs.<ref name=kulturarvstockholm>Template:Cite web</ref> Today the service sector dominates, with Sundbyberg having become a place with office workers, as a result of Sundbyberg becoming more central as Stockholm has expanded and public transport has been strengthened.<ref name=historia/> The most common professions for people working in Sundbyberg are (in order from most employed): IT developer, banker, human relations, secretary, business seller/purchaser, accountant, retail clerk, truck/bus driver, teacher, tax collector.<ref name=2016stats/> There are office districts in Central Sundbyberg (Sundbyberg centrum and Allén), Rissne (Ursviks Entré) and Hallonbergen (Sundby Park). In 2015 Sundbyberg centrum offices had rents (2,100 kr/m²/year) similar to Kista, Alvik and the adjacent Solna Business Park, while in Allén they a bit lower and similar to Lidingö Centrum and the nearby Solna Strand, and Ursviks Entré and Sundby Park both have further lower office rents similar to Farsta and Tyresö Centrum.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Unusually for Stockholm suburbs, Sundbyberg has a proper town centre,<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref> with plenty of nice shops in the Central Sundbyberg area, which makes the little city a bit independent. There are also smaller concentrations of stores elsewhere in the municipality, such as by the Rissne and Hallonbergen metro stations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The proximity of the shopping centres Bromma Blocks (1 km away) and Mall of Scandinavia (2 km away) has hindered establishment of a shopping centre in Central Sundbyberg.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Businesses in Hallonbergen suffer from getting few customers from elsewhere due to the area's poor reputation, whereas the area's locals don't mind going elsewhere, e.g. to cafés in Central Sundbyberg.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Demography

2022 by district

This is a demographic table based on Sundbyberg 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=SundbybergVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 53,431 residents, including 38,222 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SundbybergVal2022/> 56.1% voted for the left coalition and 42.2% 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;" | % % Brotorp/Kymlinge 2,188 1,299 53.3 45.9 88 64 36 38,888 74 Centrala Sbg 1 2,081 1,715 52.8 46.3 86 67 33 34,739 64 Centrala Sbg 2 1,420 1,213 51.1 48.0 85 75 25 31,602 57 Centrala Sbg 3 1,623 1,307 54.1 44.7 83 72 28 31,409 57 Centrala Sbg 4 1,203 1,014 54.2 44.7 85 75 25 31,330 61 Centrala Sbg 5 1,744 1,440 55.8 43.1 85 76 24 33,013 64 Centrala Sbg 6 1,676 1,345 54.7 44.3 86 77 23 32,902 59 Centrala Sbg 7 1,296 1,051 54.0 44.7 83 73 27 30,722 63 Duvbo 1 1,435 1,061 50.0 48.9 83 75 25 33,582 59 Duvbo 2 1,439 1,059 45.6 54.1 84 79 21 37,112 69 Hallonbergen 1 2,472 1,503 63.5 33.5 70 22 78 21,480 42 Hallonbergen 2 2,011 1,138 67.3 28.7 63 19 81 18,314 34 Hallonbergen 3 1,700 1,091 68.2 28.9 68 19 81 19,235 35 Lilla Alby 1 1,949 1,532 53.9 44.5 85 72 28 31,456 57 Lilla Alby 2 1,991 1,559 54.8 44.0 84 70 30 33,106 60 Lilla Alby 3 1,462 1,226 48.5 51.0 89 81 19 39,377 68 Lilla Alby 4 1,755 1,404 52.6 46.1 85 68 32 34,680 62 Lilla Ursvik 1,077 738 48.9 50.3 85 73 27 36,365 63 Rissne 1 2,428 1,536 60.0 36.4 77 41 59 26,343 45 Rissne 2 2,393 1,666 64.5 32.8 75 36 64 24,882 43 Rissne 3 1,866 1,150 66.0 32.6 71 27 73 24,263 48 Rissne 4 1,836 1,268 67.0 30.1 72 37 63 23,795 35 Stora Ursvik 1 1,688 977 50.2 47.8 87 68 32 39,810 74 Stora Ursvik 2 1,771 1,089 60.5 37.5 84 37 63 31,254 61 Stora Ursvik 3 1,638 1,002 59.5 36.8 80 39 61 27,666 47 Stora Ursvik 4 2,152 1,401 59.2 39.5 86 48 52 33,753 66 Storskogen 1 1,574 1,371 57.9 40.2 76 68 32 24,384 43 Storskogen 2 1,564 1,230 53.8 44.8 83 63 37 31,041 58 Tulemarken 1,675 1,298 54.0 44.9 86 76 24 34,892 64 Ör 2,324 1,539 59.7 37.9 77 47 53 24,379 43 Source: SVT<ref name=SundbybergVal2022/>

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 20 229, or 40.93% of the population (49 424 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 8 531, or 25.24% of the population (33 797 on 31 December 2002).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 31 December 2017 there were 49 424 residents in Sundbyberg, of which 14 954 people (30.26%) 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>

By district

District	Population 2020<ref name=2019stats>Template:Cite web</ref>	New homes planned 2021-2034<ref name=2019stats/>	Housing tenure 2018 rental/coop/house<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Higher education of 20-64yo 2018<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Foreign born 2010 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Sickness days/year 2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Stora Ursvik	6 706	4 963	31%/56%/14%	59%	20%	15
Lilla Ursvik	1 069	0	0%/22%/78%
Brotorp/Järvastaden	2 175	475	0%/30%/70%
Rissne	8 601	1 425	69%/29%/2%	37%	50%	30
Hallonbergen	5 984	3 133	70%/30%/0%	30%	67%	38
Ör	2 298	846	47%/53%/0%	36%	32%	31
Duvbo	2 212	0	35%/22%/42%	59%	18%	15
Central Sundbyberg	14 585	1 170	56%/42%/1%	54%	20%	22
Storskogen	3 067	47	73%/26%/1%	43%	21%	29
Lilla Alby	5 946	230	56%/43%/0%	51%	24%	24
Other	138	-		Sweden: 44%<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Sweden: 20%<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Sweden: 25<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Public transport

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Commuter train at Sundbyberg station

Sundbyberg is well served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are several metro stations as well as one train station and plenty of bus routes. Even some main line trains call at Sundbyberg. The Tvärbanan light rail service was extended from Sickla Udde via Alvik to Solna centrum in October 2013. The line runs through Central Sundbyberg with tracks laid in the street and has two stops within the municipality. Construction of a northern light railway branch from Ulvsunda to Kista that will pass through Rissne and Stora Ursvik started in 2018.<ref name=SllKista>Template:Cite web</ref>

Districts

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• Brotorp
• Central Sundbyberg
• Duvbo
• Hallonbergen
• Lilla Alby
• Lilla Ursvik
• Kymlinge
• Rissne
• Stora Ursvik
• Storskogen
• Ör

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Sundbyberg:

• Sundbybergs IK
• Storskogens SK

Gallery

• Storskogstorget, a square in Storskogen
  Storskogstorget, a square in Storskogen
• Apartment block from 1911 in Central Sundbyberg
  Apartment block from 1911 in Central Sundbyberg
• Lötsjön, a lake in the middle of Sundbyberg
  Lötsjön, a lake in the middle of Sundbyberg
• Hallonbergen centre
  Hallonbergen centre
• Metro station in Rissne
  Metro station in Rissne
• Residential buildings in Stora Ursvik
  Residential buildings in Stora Ursvik

External links

• Sundbyberg Municipality - Official site
• Sundbyberg Museum & Archive - Official site