Fruängen (''Wife Meadow'') is a district of the

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, the southern suburban part of Stockholm. It was built in the early 1950s. All the streets are named after famous Swedish women like Agnes Lagerstedt,

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, Elsa Borg,

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, Hanna Pauli,

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, Jenny Nyström,

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and Jenny Lind. A number of famous Swedes come from Fruängen. Examples include

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, Rolf Ridderwall, Fredde Granberg,

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, Pontus Enhörning, Susanne Ljung and script writer Lars Lundström. The name Fruängen translates as ''lady's'' or ''ladies' meadow'' or possibly ''Our Lady's meadow''. According to one source, Fruängen was the name of a torp (croft), while another source states the name is constructed as an analogy to the city

Härrängen (''master's meadow'' or ''lord's meadow'') which is named after another croft.Mari Nuottajärvi
''Vad har Kärrtorp och T-Centralen gemensamt? En studie över namn på tunnelbanestationer i Stockholm''
(What do Kärrtorp and T-Centralen have in common? A study of names of underground stations in Stockholm), dissertation, Tammerfors University, 2007 (in Swedish)

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