What is Sollentuna Municipality?

Information about Sollentuna Municipality

Sollentuna kommun
CountyStockholm County
ProvinceUppland
SeatSollentuna (part of Stockholm urban area

The municipality and seat in Stockholm County
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area		83rd of 290
53.26 km
Population
 • Total
34h of 290
58,897 inh
Density
 • Total
1105 inh/km
Website
Population as of 2005


Sollentuna Municipality (Sollentuna kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County, central Sweden.

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

The current mayor of Sollentuna Municipality is Torbjörn Rosdahl, of the Moderate Party.

History

Sollentuna evolved around the railway between Uppsala and Stockholm which is also obvious when looking at the 8 different districts that make up Sollentuna. 5 of those corresponds 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, but was made a municipality with the reform of 1971.

Politics & Government

Sollentuna Municipality has a Municipal council with 61 members elected by proportional representation through municipal elections, held in conjunction with the national parliamentary elections every four years. The Council elects an executive committee, which is the municipality's main governing body, chaired by the Mayor (sw. kommunstyrelsens ordförande). The current mayor is Torbjörn Rosdahl, of the Moderate Party.

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

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

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)
  • (since 2000) Torbjörn Rosdahl (m)

Geography

The municipality is subdivided into the following districts:
  • Tureberg, 13 380 inh.
  • Rotebro, 8 632
  • Helenelund, 8,337
  • Edsberg, 8,039
  • Viby, 5,744
  • Sjöberg, 4,404
  • Häggvik, 4,289
  • Norrviken, 3,326
  • Vaxmora, 2 234
  • Järvafältet, 58
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
Norrviken is a popular lake for ice skating during the winter. 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

Sister cities

Sollentuna has four sister cities:

Sights

Enlarge picture
Edsbergs slott
  • Edsbacka krog, located by Edsbacka lake and founded already in 1634, is the only Swedish restaurant with two stars in the Michelin Guide.
  • Edsbergs slott was built in rococo 1760. Its 400 km² can be rented.
  • Probable burial mound of King Agne from the 5th century.

Notable natives & residents

See also

References

  • Much material translated from corresponding articles on Swedish wikipedia.

External links

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Province Uppland
Seat Solna

Solna municipality in
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Area
 • Total area
 • Land area 288th of 290
19.
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Province Uppland
Seat Sundbyberg (part of Stockholm urban area

Sundbyberg municipality in the county

Area
 • Total area
 • Land area 290th of 290
8.
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Province Uppland
Södermanland
Seat Stockholm

Area
 • Total area
 • Land area 252nd of 290
187.
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Province Uppland
Seat Jakobsberg (part of Stockholm urban area)

Area
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 • Land area 282nd of 290
54 km

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Province Uppland
Seat Upplands Väsby

Area
 • Total area
 • Land area 274th of 290
75 km

Population
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58th of 290
37,848 inh
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Province Uppland
Seat Täby

Täby in the county

Area
 • Total area
 • Land area 276th of 290
61 km

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Province Uppland
Seat Djursholm part of Stockholm urban area

Area
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 • Land area 286th of 290
26 km

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Province Uppland
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Area
 • Total area
 • Land area 286th of 290
26 km

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