Sundbyberg Municipality
Sundbyberg Municipality (Sundbybergs kommun or Sundbybergs stad) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urban population.
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Country | Sweden |
County | Stockholm County |
Seat | Hallonbergen, part of Stockholm |
Area | |
• Total | 8.77 km2 (3.39 sq mi) |
• Land | 8.67 km2 (3.35 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2019)[2] | |
• Total | 52,414 |
• Density | 6,000/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Uppland |
Municipal code | 0183 |
Website | www.sundbyberg.se |
Density is calculated using land area only. |
Sundbyberg was detached from Bromma (which since 1916 is in Stockholm Municipality) in 1888 as a market town (köping). It got the title of a city in 1927. In 1949 parts of Solna Municipality and Spånga (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 square kilometres (3.41 sq mi), the smallest municipality in Sweden, but also the most densely populated. The municipality prefers to call itself a city, which, however, has no legal significance.
History
Sundbyberg was for a long time only an area of small agriculture value and most of all used as a place to spend summer for rich families in the city. In 1863 almost the entire area was bought by Anders Petter Löfström, including Duvbo Estate, who began building houses there. In 1870 the first industrial plot was sold and from there the town did expand with railroad, houses, industries and community services of all kind. A. P. Löfström also donated to the municipality, all land for roads, streets, parks, school, church and other public areas.
Sundbyberg never became a suburb but a totally independent industrial town on its own.
Industry
The roughly 50,000 inhabitants live in about 20,000 households. The industrial policy of the municipality is to provide one job opportunity for every household, with there being around 23,000 jobs in the municipality (in 2015[3][4]). So unlike other municipalities in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sundbyberg is not a bedroom suburb wherefrom people commute to Stockholm, but also a place commuted to from outside. In total, 19,000 commuters travel in each direction to or from Sundbyberg every day (in 2014).[3] The most common professions in Sundbyberg are (in order from most employed) IT developer, banker, human relations, secretary, business seller/purchaser, accountant, retail clerk, truck/bus driver, teacher, tax collector.[3]
Demography
Population development
Year | Population | ||||||||
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1970 | 28,085 | ||||||||
1975 | 26,995 | ||||||||
1980 | 25,717 | ||||||||
1985 | 28,516 | ||||||||
1990 | 31,308 | ||||||||
1995 | 31,803 | ||||||||
2000 | 33,868 | ||||||||
2005 | 34,016 | ||||||||
2010 | 38,633 | ||||||||
2015 | 46,110 | ||||||||
2017 | 49,424 | ||||||||
Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år. |
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 20 229, or 40.93% of the population (49 424 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 8 531, or 25.24% of the population (33 797 on 31 December 2002).[5] On 31 December 2017 there were 49 424 residents in Sundbyberg, of which 14 954 people (30.26%) 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.[6]
Country of birth[6] | ||
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1 | ![]() | 34,470 |
2 | Asia: Other countries | 2,002 |
3 | ![]() | 1,770 |
4 | ![]() | 1,394 |
5 | Africa: Other countries | 1,393 |
6 | ![]() | 1,270 |
7 | ![]() | 1,047 |
8 | ![]() | 992 |
9 | ![]() | 842 |
10 | ![]() | 745 |
11 | South America | 665 |
12 | ![]() | 586 |
13 | ![]() | 333 |
14 | North America | 286 |
15 | ![]() | 267 |
16 | ![]() | 263 |
17 | ![]() | 213 |
18 | ![]() | 211 |
19 | ![]() ![]() SFR Yugoslavia/ ![]() | 165 |
20 | ![]() | 163 |
21 | ![]() | 138 |
22 | ![]() | 77 |
23 | ![]() | 51 |
24 | Oceania | 39 |
25 | ![]() | 38 |
26 | Unknown country of birth | 4 |
By district
District | Population 2019[7] | New homes planned 2020-2034[7] | Higher education of 20-64yo 2018[8] |
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Stora Ursvik | 2 306 | 4 900 | 59%* |
Lilla Ursvik | 1 088 | 0 | 59%* |
Brotorp/Järvastaden | 2 172 | 0 | 59%* |
Rissne | 8 579 | 1 120 | 37% |
Hallonbergen | 5 826 | 3 350 | 30% |
Ör | 6 550 | 920 | 36% |
Duvbo | 2 217 | 0 | 59% |
Central Sundbyberg | 14 505 | 1 310 | 54% |
Storskogen | 3 062 | 125 | 43% |
Lilla Alby | 5 966 | 205 | 51% |
Other | 143 | - | Sweden: 44%[9] * combined number for 3 districts |
Public transportation
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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. 1925-1959 Sundbyberg was served by trams. Light railway returned to Sundbyberg in October 2013 when Tvärbanan light rail service was extended from Sickla Udde via Alvik to Solna centrum. The line runs through Central Sundbyberg with tracks laid in the street and has two stops within the municipality. A northern light railway branch from Ulvsunda to Kista will pass through Rissne.[10] Construction is expected to start in 2017.
Districts[11]
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Sundbyberg Life
There are plenty of nice shops in the Central Sundbyberg area, which makes the little city a bit independent.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Sundbyberg:
- Sundbybergs IK
- Storskogens SK
- Duvbo IK
- Korpen Solna-Sundbyberg
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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- "Sundbyberg 2016 kommunfakta" (PDF). Sundbyberg municipality. Retrieved 17 Aug 2020.
- "Fakta om SL och länet 2018" (PDF). Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. Retrieved 17 Aug 2020.
- 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
- https://www.sundbyberg.se/kommun-politik/kommunfakta/ekonomi-och-statistik/befolkning-och-demografi.html
- https://www.sundbyberg.se/download/18.568b6fdc16a53a0784d901ea/1557739406235/Socialt_bokslut_2018.pdf page 45
- https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/sverige-i-siffror/utbildning-jobb-och-pengar/utbildningsnivan-i-sverige/
- "Tvärbanan till Kista och Helenelund - Sll". www.sll.se. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- https://www.sundbyberg.se/kommun-politik/kommunfakta.html
External links
- Sundbyberg Municipality - Official site
- Sundbyberg Museum & Archive - Official site
Further reading
- Sundbyberg Den nya Förstaden, H. Österberg,Sundbybergs Museum
- Sundbyberg under Köpingtiden, H. Österberg,Sundbybergs Museum
- Sundbyberg den 113:e Staden, H. Österberg,Sundbybergs Museum
- Sundbyberg i Gamla Bilder, H. Österberg, Sundbybergs Museum
- Sundbyberg bygger en Kyrka, H. Österberg, Sundbybergs Museum
- Sundbyberg - om hus och miljöer, Eva Söderlind
Gallery
- Sundbyberg is served by commuter trains
- Apartment block from 1911 in Central Sundbyberg
- Lötsjön
- Metro station in Rissne
- Residential buildings in Stora Ursvik