- Sundbyberg Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Sundbybergs kommun
county=Stockholm County
province=Uppland
capital=Sundbyberg
arearank=290th
area=8.83
arealand=8.72
populationrank=69th
population=34,529
densityrank=2nd
populationdensity=3,959.7
website=http://www.sundbyberg.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006Sundbyberg Municipality ("Sundbybergs kommun" or "Sundbybergs stad") is a municipality in
Stockholm County in east centralSweden , just north of thecapital Stockholm . Sundbyberg is wholly within theStockholm urban area and has a 100% urban population.Sundbyberg was detached from
Bromma (which since 1916 is inStockholm Municipality ) in 1888 as a market town ("köping "). It got the title of a city in 1927. In 1949 parts ofSolna Municipality andSpånga (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 8.83 km², the smallest municipality in Sweden. The municipality prefers to call itself a "City".History
Sundbyberg was for a long time only an area of agriculture. In 1863 almost the entire area was bought by Alve Högman, who began building houses there. Ten years later he had sold 40 lots.
Soon various industries were located to Sundbyberg.
Industry
The 34,000 inhabitants live in roughly 17,000 apartments. The industrial policy of the municipality is to provide one job opportunity for every apartment, thus 17,000 jobs. So unlike other municipalities in
Metropolitan Stockholm , Sundbyberg is not a bedroomsuburb wherefrom peoplecommute to Stockholm, but also a place commuted to from outside. In total, 12,000 commuters travel to or from Sundbyberg every day.Public transportation
Sundbyberg is well served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are several metro stations as well as one
Stockholm commuter rail station and plenty of bus routes. Even some main line trains call at Sundbyberg. Until 1959 Sundbyberg was served bytram s. Trams are expected to return to Sundbyberg in a couple of years whenTvärbanan will be extended fromAlvik .Districts
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Centrala Sundbyberg
*Duvbo
*Hallonbergen
*Lilla Alby
*Rissne
*Storskogen
*Ursvik
*Ör External links
* [http://www.sundbyberg.se/ Sundbyberg Municipality] - Official site
Further reading
*"Sundbyberg - om hus och miljöer", Eva Söderlind
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