Husby is a district ( sv, stadsdel) in
Rinkeby-Kista
Rinkeby-Kista is a borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in Stockholm, Sweden. The borough is located in Västerort.
Overview
The districts that make up the borough are Akalla, Husby, Kista, and Rinkeby
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borough,
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
,
Sweden
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. Husby has 11,551 inhabitants as of December 31, 2007.
Husby is located on the blue
Metro line. The main construction of modern Husby, with its multi-level
concrete
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apartment buildings
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, started in 1972 as part of the ''
Million Programme''. The subway station was opened in 1977 and the train takes approx. 20 minutes to Stockholm City. The name of the suburb was taken from a former royal farm, still located in the area. The streets of Husby are named after cities in
Norway
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. There are many
runestones in the surroundings of Husby, remnants from when
Vikings
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who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
used to live here.
Husby has the lowest income per capita of any district of Stockholm. In 2014, more than 80% of the population had minority background, mostly from Middle East and Africa.
In its December 2015 report,
Police in Sweden
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placed the district in the
most severe category of urban areas with high crime rates.
On 30 December 2016, shopkeepers decided to close their businesses from 1300 onwards due to the high number of robberies and burglaries targeting them.
In 2017, local authorities decided to hire security guards to help the businesses, but no private security company wanted to take on the job.
According to Finnish public service broadcaster
Yle, in 2018, economist Takaaki Mitsuhashi from Japan described his visit to Husby: "whatever it was, it wasn't Sweden. We don't want those developments in Japan".
2013 riots
In May 2013, the district was the center of worldwide attention, due to riots that spread to several other parts of Stockholm. Over the course of three days, approximately 129 cars were burned, garages were set on fire, and the rioters engaged in sporadic clashes with the police.
Notable people from Husby
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Patrik Isaksson (singer)
See also
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Husby metro station
Husby is a station on the blue line of the Stockholm metro, located in the district of Husby, northern Stockholm. The station was inaugurated on 5 June 1977 as part of the extension from Hallonbergen to Akalla. The distance to Kungsträdgården ...
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Vulnerable area
Vulnerable area ( sv, Utsatt område) is a term applied by police in Sweden to areas with high crime rates and social exclusion. In the December 2015 report, these areas numbered 53. In the June 2017 report, these totalled 61. The increase is repo ...
- socially deprived areas in Sweden
References
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Districts in Västerort
Metropolitan Stockholm