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29-503: 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 Municipality (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),

58-573: A bit independent. There are also smaller concentrations of stores elsewhere in the municipality, such as by the Rissne and Hallonbergen metro stations. The proximity of the shopping centres Bromma Blocks (1 km away) and Mall of Scandinavia (2 km away) has hindered establishment of a shopping centre in Central Sundbyberg. Businesses in Hallonbergen suffer from getting few customers from elsewhere due to

87-641: A foreign background was (per the same definition) 8 531, or 25.24% of the population (33 797 on 31 December 2002). 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 . Sundbyberg

116-652: A major team in Stockholm , it has the largest youth academy in the world. Its main emphasis on producing technical and fast players. The local icehockey team is GötaTraneberg. Sweden´s most famous basketball team, Alviks BK - founded 1956 - has won the Swedish Championship 19 times since 1963. When it operated, the charter airline Scanair had its head office in Bromma. Kista Kista ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɕǐːsta] , meaning "place where livestock

145-619: Is done at Ericsson , with 100,000 employees worldwide, but with its research and worldwide headquarters in the Kista Science City. Kista was named after an old farm "Kista Gård", still located in the area. The construction of the modern parts were started in the 1970s. Most of the streets in Kista are named after towns and places in Denmark , Iceland , Greenland , and the Faroe Islands . Before

174-536: 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). The unemployment rate in Sundbyberg closely tracks the average for Stockholm County and is generally lower than the Swedish average. In the first half of its existence, Sundbyberg saw a strong expansion of industrial activity, and most residents were industrial workers, but in

203-832: Is primarily made up of Bromma Parish and Västerled Parish. The fourth largest airport in Sweden and the third largest of the airports close to Stockholm, the Stockholm Bromma Airport , was first built in Bromma in 1936. The south-eastern part of Bromma is one of the richest areas in Stockholm. The districts that make up the borough are Abrahamsberg , Alvik , Beckomberga , Blackeberg , Bromma kyrka , Bällsta, Eneby, Höglandet, Mariehäll , Nockeby , Nockebyhov, Norra Ängby, Olovslund, Riksby , Smedslätten, Stora Mossen, Södra Ängby , Traneberg , Ulvsunda , Ulvsunda Industriområde, Åkeshov , Åkeslund , Ålsten and Äppelviken. As of 2004 ,

232-550: Is traded", from the Old Swedish word "kvi", meaning livestock, and "sta(d)", meaning place) is a district in the borough of Rinkeby-Kista , Stockholm , Sweden. It has a strategic position located in between Sweden's main airport, the Stockholm-Arlanda International Airport and central Stockholm, and alongside the main national highway E4 economic artery. Kista comprises residential and commercial areas,

261-461: Is well served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are several metro stations as well as one train station and plenty of bus routes. Even some main line trains call at Sundbyberg. The Tvärbanan light rail service was extended from Sickla Udde via Alvik to Solna centrum in October 2013. The line runs through Central Sundbyberg with tracks laid in the street and has two stops within

290-445: The 1880s and Duvbo around 1900. While trains stopped in Sundbyberg, they did so at a low frequency, and most commuters used the steam boat. In 1910 a tram line was built from Stockholm and Råsunda to the municipal border, and then into Sundbyberg in 1928, running until 1959. A new city plan was established in 1941, prescribing the construction of lamellhus , rectangular multi-residential buildings with typically four floors, leading to

319-920: The 1940s the industry almost entirely disappeared from Sundbyberg. By the 1970s warehouses and IT businesses had established themselves instead, and an attempt to establish industry in Hallonbergen had failed due to high rental costs. Today the service sector dominates, with Sundbyberg having become a place with office workers, as a result of Sundbyberg becoming more central as Stockholm has expanded and public transport has been strengthened. The most common professions for people working 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. There are office districts in Central Sundbyberg (Sundbyberg centrum and Allén), Rissne (Ursviks Entré) and Hallonbergen (Sundby Park). In 2015 Sundbyberg centrum offices had rents (2,100 kr/m/year) similar to Kista , Alvik and

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348-642: The 1970s with companies such as SRA (Svenska Radioaktiebolaget, now a part of Ericsson ), RIFA AB (later Ericsson Components AB, and later still Ericsson Microelectronics AB, and now Infineon Technologies ), and IBM Svenska AB (the Swedish branch of IBM ). Ericsson has had its headquarters in Kista since 2003. Kista hosts entire departments of both KTH Royal Institute of Technology , such as Wireless@KTH, and Stockholm University (formerly jointly known as "the IT University"). There are also Swedish national research institutes (pure research, no students) such as

377-512: The 1970s, Rissne and its metro line (which also serves Central Sundbyberg and Lilla Alby) in the 1980s, Brotorp and Stora Ursvik in the 2000s. 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). So unlike other municipalities in Metropolitan Stockholm , Sundbyberg

406-514: The 2nd largest airport in Stockholm County . Ängby Camping is one of the largest camping lots in Stockholm and is situated close to a large beach by Lake Mälaren . Bromma is the birthplace of Mats Sundin and Douglas Murray . Per Albin Hansson , Prime Minister of Sweden from 1932 to 1946, lived in Ålsten during the last years of his life, and died on the tram in Ålsten in 1946 (while still

435-595: The Prime Minister). Martin Eriksson, better known as E-Type , moved to Bromma with his family at the age of 14. Sweden's first man in space, Christer Fuglesang , was raised in Bromma. Nobel Prize laureates Gunnar and Alva Myrdal lived at several locations in Bromma along with their children, including writer Jan Myrdal . The local football team Brommapojkarna have played in the Allsvenskan . Although not regarded as

464-452: The adjacent Solna Business Park , while in Allén they a bit lower and similar to Lidingö Centrum and the nearby Solna Strand , and Ursviks Entré and Sundby Park both have further lower office rents similar to Farsta and Tyresö Centrum . Unusually for Stockholm suburbs, Sundbyberg has a proper town centre, with plenty of nice shops in the Central Sundbyberg area, which makes the little city

493-433: The area's poor reputation, whereas the area's locals don't mind going elsewhere, e.g. to cafés in Central Sundbyberg. This is a demographic table based on Sundbyberg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT 's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 53,431 residents, including 38,222 Swedish citizens of voting age. 56.1% voted for

522-454: The demolishment of most of the wooden houses in Sundbyberg in the 1940s, while brick or concrete buildings were kept. Many industrial buildings were converted to residential use at the same time. Rising housing prices led to a more densely built suburb than envisioned in the city plan, as well as cause Sundbyberg to rapidly lose its industrial character. In 1946 Sundbyberg municipality, which by then had 15,000 inhabitants, bought Storskogen, with

551-455: The first homes going up there in 1952. In 1949 Spånga municipality was split between neighbouring municipalities, giving Duvbo, Ursvik and some other land to Sundbyberg. Lilla Alby was transferred from Solna municipality to Sundbyberg at the same time. Since the 1950s when Storskogen was built, Sundbyberg has expanded one district each decade, with Ör built in the 1960s, Hallonbergen and its metro line (which also serves Storskogen and Ör) in

580-433: 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. In 1888 Sundbyberg municipality was formed with 1,133 inhabitants, splitting off from Bromma . At the time the municipality only constituted Central Sundbyberg and

609-423: The internet boom of 2000. It is the largest corporate area in Sweden, important to the national economy due to the presence of, among others, Ericsson , one of the largest corporations in Sweden. Kista Science City is the location where a large portion of the research and development of the world's 4G LTE mobile telephony infrastructure is being developed, to a European ETSI standard used worldwide. A majority

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638-451: The late medieval artist Albertus Pictor (c. 1440 - c. 1507). Bromma consists predominantly of high-and medium-income residential neighbourhoods, and the Ulvsunda industrial area. This is situated close to Stockholm-Bromma Airport , the only airport in the city of Stockholm . It was opened in 1936 and serves primarily domestic destinations; with about 1.25 million passengers a year, it is

667-554: The latter in the highly technological telecommunications and information technology industry. There are large research efforts in this entire area, which therefore is dubbed Kista Science City. It is the research park of KTH Royal Institute of Technology . Kista is the largest Information and Communications Technology (ICT) cluster in Europe, and was ranked the world's second largest cluster after Silicon Valley in California during

696-402: The left coalition and 42.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. 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

725-498: The municipality. Construction of a northern light railway branch from Ulvsunda to Kista that will pass through Rissne and Stora Ursvik started in 2018. The following sports clubs are located in Sundbyberg: Bromma Bromma ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈbrɔ̂mːa] ) is a borough ( stadsdelsområde ) in the western part of Stockholm , Sweden , forming part of the Stockholm Municipality . Bromma

754-518: The opening of the Mall of Scandinavia , Kista Galleria was the biggest shopping center in the Stockholm region . Because of its ICT industries, it became in the 1980s referred to as "Chipsta" and, after Sweden joined the EU in 1995, also as Europe's "Silicon Valley". Kista is the largest corporate area in Sweden and important to the national economy. The construction of the industrial section of Kista began in

783-414: The population is 59,229 in an area of 24.60 km , which gives a density of 2,407.68/km . Bromma is dotted with tiny forests, parks and lakes, including Judarskogen nature reserve , surrounding Lake Judarn , and the parks around Åkeshov Castle and Ulvsunda Castle . Bromma Church is one of the most distinguished Romanesque churches in the region, celebrated for a complete scheme of wallpaintings by

812-454: 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. 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

841-463: The undeveloped Storskogen . Sundbyberg was known in its early years for its beer, its spirited political discourses, its muddy streets, and the danger of the streets at night (nowadays the crime-hit areas are Hallonbergen and Rissne instead). Sales of land was aimed at workers and industry, and the relative lack of public services caused a strong cooperative spirit to form. Suburbs bordering Sundbyberg were also built – Lilla Alby and Mariehäll in

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