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Sollentuna Municipality Sollentuna kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°26′N 17°57′E / 59.433°N 17.950°E / 59.433; 17.950
Country	Sweden
County	Stockholm County
Seat	Tureberg, part of Upplands Väsby
Area
• Total	57.98 km (22.39 sq mi)
• Land	52.64 km (20.32 sq mi)
• Water	5.34 km (2.06 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
• Total	76,790
• Density	1,300/km (3,400/sq mi)
Demonyms	Sollentuner Sollentunan Sollentunian
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	163
Website	www.sollentuna.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Sollentuna Municipality (Sollentuna kommun [ˈsɔ̂lːɛnˌtʉːna kʊˈmʉːn] ) 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:

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

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

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, 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

Population development

Population development in Sollentuna Municipality 1810–2019
Year	Population
1810	872
1850	827
1900	1,290
1910	2,269
1920	3,933
1930	9,221
1940	13,485
1950	18,631
1960	25,145
1970	37,723
1975	43,413
1980	45,868
1985	48,212
1990	51,377
1995	54,553
2000	58,048
2005	59,355
2010	64,630
2015	70,251
2017	71,848
2019	73,857

Income and Education

The population in Sollentuna Municipality has the 11th highest median income per capita in Sweden. 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.

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). 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.

Country of birth
31 December 2017
1	Sweden	54,191
2	Asia: Other countries	3,378
3	European Union: Other countries	2,393
4	Iran	1,662
5	South America	1,410
6	Finland	1,167
7	Iraq	1,115
8	Syria	1,043
9	Africa: Other countries	950
10	Poland	670
11	Turkey	557
12	Europe outside of the EU: other countries	503
13	North America	472
14	Germany	403
15	Afghanistan	322
16	Somalia	273
17	Thailand	259
18	Norway	237
19	Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro	178
20	Eritrea	150
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	145
22	Denmark	138
23	Iceland	79
24	Oceania	71
25	Soviet Union	69
26	Unknown country of birth	13

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.

There were 74,969 residents and 52,341 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

10 Mellersta Rotebro

1,702

1,225

51.3

48.2

32,086

11 Gillbo-Gillberga

1,809

1,325

44.3

54.3

37,700

12 Södra Rotebro

1,549

1,021

56.6

39.4

22,814

13 Rotsunda

944

631

49.3

47.4

22,942

14 Rotsunda gård

1,472

980

42.5

55.2

26,336

15 Rotsunda strand

1,388

984

50.2

48.7

26,301

21 Södra Viby

1,802

1,292

44.1

54.8

41,363

22 Norra Viby

2,071

1,405

49.2

50.1

38,508

23 Östra Viby

1,620

1,168

48.2

50.4

36,081

31 Norra Norrviken

1,951

1,390

51.0

48.3

33,145

32 Södra Norrviken

1,765

1,335

48.6

50.6

34,241

41 Väsjön

1,853

1,166

46.7

52.1

38,166

42 Edsängen-Solängen

1,847

1,293

45.8

53.3

39,142

43 Tunberget

1,463

979

47.0

51.9

33,936

51 Östra Häggvik

1,427

1,113

48.3

50.3

30,045

52 Västra Häggvik

1,920

1,421

51.2

47.1

26,662

53 Skälby-Edsbacka

1,667

1,241

51.7

47.6

38,839

54 Nytorp

1,542

1,161

39.5

59.3

39,380

55 S Häggvik-Edstorp

1,204

1,062

49.7

49.1

31,911

61 Edsbergs C

1,742

1,141

53.2

43.3

25,513

62 Västra Edsberg

1,900

1,225

57.9

38.7

22,097

63 Östra Edsberg

1,676

1,063

59.8

36.3

21,272

64 Norra Landsnora

1,550

1,060

54.3

43.4

25,980

65 Edsbacka-Edsängen

1,274

938

51.2

46.4

26,212

70 Södra Töjnan

2,069

1,449

46.6

51.7

33,670

71 Norra Töjnan

1,926

1,342

45.0

53.8

36,360

72 Knista

1,877

1,185

51.7

46.7

31,916

73 Östra Bagarby

1,354

901

64.9

29.2

14,886

74 Västra Bagarby

1,878

1,164

66.6

29.1

20,805

75 Fågelsången

1,605

1,124

48.7

50.6

38,746

76 Turebergs villastad

2,092

1,438

40.4

59.4

45,384

77 Sollentuna C

1,578

1,332

50.4

48.4

30,022

78 Norra Bagarby

1,884

1,365

57.8

39.6

27,342

79 Mellersta Bagarby

1,527

975

64.8

25.4

15,627

80 Södra Landsnora

1,680

1,172

36.1

62.7

43,028

81 Västra Sjöberg

1,402

1,096

40.6

59.0

34,734

82 Östra Sjöberg

1,497

1,075

40.1

58.5

32,212

83 Kärrdal

1,488

1,098

48.1

50.7

30,869

90 Södra Edsviken

1,950

1,408

42.1

57.3

40,750

91 Eriksberg

1,814

1,223

44.2

53.9

35,390

92 Helenelunds C

2,038

1,244

56.0

41.7

26,035

93 Tegelhagen

1,794

1,224

46.3

53.0

41,608

94 Norra Edsviken

1,947

1,453

36.1

62.9

45,139

95 Silverdal

2,431

1,454

41.0

58.1

49,711

Source: SVT

Politics and government

This section appears to be slanted towards recent events. Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non-recent events. (July 2016)

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, 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)
(2015-07-12- 2015-09-16) Anna Lena Johansson (fp)
2015-09-17- Henrik Thunes (m)

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

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
Edsbergs slott was built in the rococo style in 1760. It's 400 m²
Probable burial mound of King Agne from the 5th century.

Sports

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:

As of December 2022 there are 64 sports clubs in Sollentuna. The full list is maintained on the municipality web site.

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

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

References

"Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
"Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 22.
31 December 2021
"Korta fakta 2012" (PDF). Sollentuna Municipality. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år
"Medianinkomst". Ekonomifakta. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
"Andel högutbildade". Ekonomifakta. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019)
^ Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019
^ "Valresultat 2022 för Sollentuna i riksdagsvalet". SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
^ "Klart med ny ordförande i kommunstyrelsen". 31 August 2015.
"{title}". Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
"Edsbacka Krog, restaurang i Sollentuna".
"Välkommen att vara aktiv i Sollentuna".
"Vänorter - Sollentuna kommun". Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-01-13.

External links

Sollentuna Municipality - Official site

Places adjacent to Sollentuna Municipality

Sollentuna

Stockholm, Sundbyberg

Solna

v t e Municipalities and seats of Stockholm County
Municipalities	Botkyrka Danderyd Ekerö Haninge Huddinge Järfälla Lidingö Nacka Norrtälje Nykvarn Nynäshamn Österåker Salem Sigtuna Södertälje Sollentuna Solna Stockholm Sundbyberg Täby Tyresö Upplands-Bro Upplands Väsby Vallentuna Värmdö Vaxholm
Municipal seats	Åkersberga Danderyd (Djursholm) Ekerö Gustavsberg Handen Huddinge Järfälla (Jakobsberg) Kungsängen Lidingö Märsta Nacka Norrtälje Nykvarn Nynäshamn Salem Södertälje Sollentuna Solna (Skytteholm) Stockholm Sundbyberg Täby Tyresö (Bollmora) Tumba Upplands Väsby Vallentuna Vaxholm
Counties of Sweden Sweden

v t e Localities in Sollentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Localities	Sjöberg Upplands Väsby (part of) Stockholm urban area (part of)

50 most populous urban areas of Sweden

1.	Stockholm	1,652,895 (2023)
2.	Gothenburg	674,529 (2023)
3.	Malmö	339,316 (2023)
4.	Uppsala	174,982 (2023)
5.	Upplands Väsby	156,517 (2023)
6.	Västerås	131,643 (2023)
7.	Örebro	128,658 (2023)
8.	Linköping	116,851 (2023)
9.	Helsingborg	116,029 (2023)
10.	Jönköping	103,032 (2023)

11.	Norrköping	98,229 (2023)
12.	Lund	98,308 (2023)
13.	Umeå	94,243 (2023)
14.	Gävle	86,533 (2023)
15.	Södertälje	78,377 (2023)
16.	Borås	75,565 (2023)
17.	Halmstad	72,979 (2023)
18.	Växjö	74,052 (2023)
19.	Eskilstuna	70,646 (2023)
20.	Karlstad	69,615 (2023)

21.	Sundsvall	70,918 (2023)
22.	Östersund	53,992 (2023)
23.	Trollhättan	50,069 (2023)
24.	Luleå	49,646 (2023)
25.	North-east Gothenburg	48,217 (2023)
26.	Tumba	46,893 (2023)
27.	Lidingö	44,642 (2023)
28.	Borlänge	44,299 (2023)
29.	Kalmar	42,622 (2023)
30.	Kristianstad	41,198 (2023)

31.	Skövde	40,422 (2023)
32.	Karlskrona	36,423 (2023)
33.	Falun	39,939 (2023)
34.	Skellefteå	39,146 (2023)
35.	Varberg	38,575 (2023)
36.	Uddevalla	35,639 (2023)
37.	Åkersberga	37,714 (2023)
38.	Nyköping	39,770 (2023)
39.	Landskrona	33,859 (2023)
40.	Örnsköldsvik	33,399 (2023)

41.	Vallentuna	33,918 (2023)
42.	Motala	31,367 (2023)
43.	Trelleborg	31,366 (2023)
44.	Ängelholm	31,089 (2023)
45.	Märsta	30,576 (2023)
46.	Falkenberg	29,671 (2023)
47.	Lerum	28,789 (2023)
48.	Alingsås	27,895 (2023)
49.	Karlskoga	27,261 (2023)
50.	Kungälv	28,912 (2023)

as of 2020, according to Statistics Sweden

Categories:

Geography

Localities and districts

Lakes

History

Demography

Population development

Income and Education

Residents with a foreign background

2022 population by district

Politics and government

2022 election results

2018 election results

2014 election results

2010 election results

2006 election results

2002 election results

List of mayors since 1971

Public transport

Sights

Sports

Notable people

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

See also

References

External links