Sollentuna Municipality

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.

The municipality is subdivided into the following districts according to population as of 31 December 2021:https://www.sollentuna.se/kommun--politik/kommunfakta/befolkningen-i-sollentuna/

• 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 later a bay of the Baltic Sea.

Edsviken and Norrviken are popular lakes for ice tour skating during the winter. The municipality plows a 15 kilometre 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

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.

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.

Politics and government

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:

2018 election results

In the 2018 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2014 election results

In the 2014 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2010 election results

In the 2010 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2006 election results

In the 2006 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

2002 election results

In the 2002 municipal elections, the council's seat composition was the following:

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 serving the area. The wide majority of bus lines are 500s or 600s bus lines i.e. start with the digit 5 or 6 and are thus part of the northern and western SL districts.

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:

• Sollentuna Kanotsällskap
• Sollentuna Skridskosällskap
• Sollentuna Volleybollklubb
• Rotebro IS FF
• Sollentuna FK
• Konståkningsklubben Sollentuna
• Turebergs FK
• Helenelunds IK
• Sollentuna HC
• SKIFT

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:

• Denmark Hvidovre in Denmark
• Estonia Saue in Estonia
• Finland Tuusula in Finland
• Norway Oppegård in Norway

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