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Bro Park Racecourse
Bro Park is a Thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Upplands-Bro Municipality, approximately 40 Kilometre, kilometres northwest of Stockholm, Stockholm city. It was Inauguration, inaugurated June 19, 2016, with around 10,000 visitors in the audience. Background In 2011, an agreement was signed to sell the land where Täby Racecourse was located to JM AB, JM Bygg and Skanska, that intended to build 4,000 apartments on the land. The racing meets held at Täby were therefore in 2016 moved to the new facility at Bro Park.{{cite web , url=https://www.svenskgalopp.se/artikel?article=1.421395&defaultMenuId=true , title=Bro Park - Stockholms nya galoppbana , date=16 December 2014, accessdate=6 May 2016 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skanska
Skanska AB () is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden. Skanska is the fifth-largest construction company in the world according to ''Construction Global'' magazine. Notable Skanska projects include renovation of the United Nations Headquarters, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub project, Moynihan Train Hall, 30 St Mary Axe, MetLife Stadium, Mater Dei Hospital, among others. History Aktiebolaget Skånska Cementgjuteriet (Scanian Cement Casting Ltd) was established in Malmö, Sweden, in 1887 by Rudolf Fredrik Berg and started by manufacturing concrete products.Skanska: History It quickly diversified into a construction company and within ten years the company received its first international order. The company played an important role in building Sweden's infrastructure i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JM AB
JM may refer to: Places * Jamaica (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code JM) * Jay Em, Wyoming, a community in the United States Businesses and organizations * Jack's Mannequin, a piano rock band * Jama'at al-Jihad al-Islami, an Islamic terrorist group active in Central Asia * Air Jamaica (IATA code JM) * Jaysh Muhammad, an Iraqi insurgency group * Jerónimo Martins, a Portuguese company * Johnson Matthey, a British chemicals and metals company * Joseph Magnin Co. Other uses * A shortened form of James * Fender Jazzmaster, an American guitar model * ''Juris Master'', a degree similar to the Master of Laws A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In mos ... * Just Muslim, a religious denomination {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Täby Racecourse
Täby Racecourse, ( sv, Täby Galopp), was a Thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Täby, approximately 15 kilometers north of Stockholm. Täby Racecourse was before its closure in 2016, the premier track in Scandinavia. History The venue opened August 28, 1960, and the Swedish King Gustaf VI Adolf was present, as well as an audience of 11,000 people. It was based on the major racecourses in the United States and its facilities was constantly up-graded and were as good as most courses in Europe and were unrivalled in Scandinavia. The racetrack Racing took place throughout the year, the variety available varying from dirt racing under lights during the winter and spring to the top flat and jump races in Scandinavia run during the summer and fall. The course usually staged about 50 days racing a year with the dirt track being used exclusively until May. Racing under floodlights was first staged in 1965 and the formula is now working with considerable success in England a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
