Sollentuna Municipality

Sollentuna kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Stockholm County
Seat Tureberg, part of Stockholm
Area[1]
 • Total 57.98 km2 (22.39 sq mi)
 • Land 52.64 km2 (20.32 sq mi)
 • Water 5.34 km2 (2.06 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
 • Total 69,525
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Uppland
Municipal code 0163
Website www.sollentuna.se
Density is calculated using land area only.
Turebergshuset, municipal building

Sollentuna Municipality (Sollentuna kommun) 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 the Stockholm urban area.

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

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.

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 Douglas Lithborn, of the Moderate Party.

2010 election results

In the 2010 municipal elections, the seats in the Council are divided in the following way:

The governing parties Parties in opposition

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

Public transport

Sollentuna is served by the Stockholm public transport system. Stockholm commuter rail have five stations within the municipality. There is also an extensive SL bus network.

Localities and districts

Since 1995 the bulk of the built-up area of the municipality is statistically counted to the multimunicipal city of Stockholm. A few houses on the eastern border (with about 10 inh.) are in Täby urban area. Sjöberg is constituting a locality of its own.

The municipality is subdivided into the following districts with population as of 31 December 2011:[6]

Lakes

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

Lake Norrviken

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:

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:[7]

Sights

Edsbergs slott

Sports

Sollentunavallen
Bandy at Sollentunavallen

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 June 2013 there were 57 sports clubs in Sollentuna. The full list is maintained on the municipality web site.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ [Douglas Lithborn died 2015-07-11 http://www.sollentuna.se/sv/arkiverade-nyheter/nyheter-2015/kommunstyrelsens-ordforande-i-sollentuna-har-avlidit/]
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  6. ↑ "Korta fakta 2012" (pdf). Sollentuna Municipality. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. ↑ http://www.sollentuna.se/Kommunen/Om-Sollentuna/Vanorter/

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Coordinates: 59°26′N 17°57′E / 59.433°N 17.950°E / 59.433; 17.950

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