Hässelby is a Swedish town that is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the city of

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 liv ...

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, comprising the suburban areas

Hässelby Gård Hässelby is a Swedish town that is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the city of Stockholm, Sweden, comprising the suburban areas Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad. The territory also corresponds to Hässelby paris ...

, Hässelby Strand and

Hässelby Villastad Hässelby Villastad is a city district of Stockholm, in the north-western part of the Swedish capital Stockholm. It forms part of Västerort, Stockholm Municipality. Stretching west to Lake Mälaren, it is largely a high-class area with notab ...

. The territory also corresponds to Hässelby parish in the Church of Sweden.

Hässelby SK Hässelby Athletic Sports Club is a Swedish sports club located in Hässelby within the city of Stockholm. Founded in 1913, the departments it operates include the sports football, athletics and floorball. Their football club, Hässelby SK F ...

is the town's local sports club.

Hässelby - novel by Johan Harstad

Hässelby is a

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

by the Norwegian author, Johan Harstad, published in 2007. The main part of the novel takes place in the suburb of Hässelby, and focuses on the Swedish children's book character, Alfie Atkins, as an adult. In this novel, strongly influenced by

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...

's Twin Peaks, the world comes to an end, starting in Hässelby.

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