Åkersberga is a

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and the seat of

Österåker Municipality Österåker Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åkersberga, with a population of 26,727 (2005). From 1974 to 1982 Österåker was part of Vaxholm Municipality. It ...

, Stockholm County,

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with 28,033 inhabitants in 2010.

History

In 1901 a railway station named ''Berga'' was opened on this rural spot some 30 km from

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. Some shops and a post office followed. The name Berga was changed to ''Åkers Berga'' to avoid confusion with other places in Sweden named Berga, and the present name evolved from this. After World War II the village grew and blocks of flats were built. Åkersberga gradually evolved into a suburb with many of its inhabitants commuting to work-places in Stockholm, and has become more urban in character. Between 1974 and 1982 Åkersberga was the seat of

Vaxholm Municipality Vaxholm Municipality (, semi-officially ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The municipal slogan is "Vaxholm – the capital of the archipelago", due to its central location in the archipelago. Its seat is located ...

. When the municipality was split in 1983, Åkersberga became the seat of the reinstituted Österåker Municipality. Notable people from Åkersberga include

Loreen Lorine Zineb Nora Talhaoui (born 16 October 1983), known professionally as Loreen (), is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, Representing Sweden, she won the Eurovision Song Contest in Eurovision Song Conte ...

Jesper Parnevik Jesper Bo Parnevik (; born 7 March 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking in 2000 and 2001. Early years and amateur career Parnevik was born in Botkyrka, Stockholm County, a ...

Alexander Östlund Jan Alexander Östlund (born 2 November 1978), known as Alexander Mezan after his career, is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He began his professional career with AIK in 1995, and went on to play professio ...

and Richard S. Johnson. The

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band

Coca Carola Coca Carola is a Punk in Sweden, Swedish punk band formed in Åkersberga in 1986. Signed to the Swedish record label Beat Butchers, they were active and recognized in the Swedish punk scene during the years 1986–2004. In 2023, after a long hi ...

is from Åkersberga, as are the bands Lustans Lakejer and

Eskobar Eskobar is the name of a Swedish Northie(Northern Indie)/indie/pop band that was founded in 1996 some 30 kilometres north of Stockholm, in the small town of Åkersberga. The band features Daniel Bellqvist as its lead singer, Frederik Zäll on gu ...

, of which the former have released an album named ''Åkersberga''. Åkersberga is served by the

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urban railway

Roslagsbanan Roslagsbanan () is a Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge commuter railway system in Roslagen, Stockholm County, Sweden. Its combined route length is and there are 38 stations. It is built to the Swedish three foot gauge railways, Swedish three fo ...

, which has four stops in the town,

Österskär Österskär is eastern part of Åkersberga, Österåker Municipality in Sweden. It hosts the terminal station of the Stockholm suburban railway Roslagsbanan. The area is located in a hilly peninsula between Tunaviken and Sätterfjärden northwes ...

, Tunagård, Åkersberga Station and Åkers Runö.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Åkersberga: * IFK Österåker FK *

People from Åkersberga

* Tommy Albelin, ice hockey player *

Carina Berg Carina Lilly Berg (previously Luuk; born 11 November 1977) is a Swedish comedian and television presenter. Berg grew up in Åkersberga, studied the aesthetics program at Danderyds gymnasium and then went on to study radio at Kaggeholms folkhögs ...

, TV-host * Andreas Lennkvist Manriquez, former MOP * Ingrid Carlberg, author *

Mattias Gustafsson Mattias Gustafsson (born 11 July 1978) is a Swedish former handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt pla ...

, handboll player * Richard S. Johnson, golf player * Johan Kinde, musician *

Thomas Lagerlöf Thomas Olof "Tolle" Lagerlöf (born 15 November 1971) is a Swedish football coach. A former player for Stockholm rivals AIK, he has been coach of the Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF since 2018 to 2024, leading them to the title in 2019. Hono ...

, football trainer *

, singer * Pär Nuder, former minister of finance *

, golf player * Patrik Peter, journalist * Ola Skinnarmo, adventurer

References

External links

* Coastal cities and towns in Sweden Municipal seats of Stockholm County Swedish municipal seats Populated places in Österåker Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub