Järfälla Municipality ( sv, Järfälla kommun) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Stockholm County
Stockholm County ( sv, Stockholms län, link=no ) is a county or '' län'' (in Swedish) on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm ...
in east central
Sweden
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, and is considered a
suburb
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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 ...
. Its seat is located in
Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg is a suburban area (pop. 24,046) within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.
Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the ...
, part of the
Stockholm urban area
The Stockholm urban area ( sv, Stockholms tätort) is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous built-up area, which extends int ...
.
Järfälla has not been amalgamated with other municipalities in the two local government reforms carried out during the 20th century. The Stäket area in the north was, however, added in 1952.
It is located about 20 km north of Stockholm, with a part situated by the shore of
Lake Mälaren
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. It takes about 20 minutes to reach downtown Stockholm by
Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm commuter rail ( sv, Stockholms pendeltåg) is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are ...
.
History
Järfälla traces its history to the
Stone Age
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and has some ruins from that time. After being
Christianized
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in the 11th century, a church was built around the year 1200 that still stands today. Järfälla continued to be of some importance in the
Middle Ages
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as several important roads went through it. Furthermore, the centre of the
hundred
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In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...
was located within the boundaries of the municipality from 1675 to 1905
Its
coat of arms
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, which depicts a golden
lamb
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* A young sheep
* Lamb and mutton, the meat of sheep
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carrying an
archbishop
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's
cross
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, can be traced from 1568, but was created in 1955. They may symbolize that Järfälla is situated on the road from the capital Stockholm to the seat of the
archbishop
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in the nearby city of
Uppsala
Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...
.
The main population expansion came in the 1930s and 1940s, when many residential houses were built in the seat Jakobsberg for middle-class families commuting to Stockholm.
Public transportation
The municipality is served by the
Stockholm public transport system. There are three
Stockholm commuter rail
Stockholm commuter rail ( sv, Stockholms pendeltåg) is the commuter rail system in Stockholm County, Sweden. The system is an important part of the public transport in Stockholm, and is controlled by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. The tracks are ...
stations,
Barkarby
Barkarby is a district of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden and part of the contiguously built-up Stockholm urban area.
Barkarby has a station of the Stockholm commuter rail network.
1912 Summer Olympics
During the 1912 Summer ...
,
Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg is a suburban area (pop. 24,046) within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.
Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the ...
and
Kallhäll, as well as a bus network. As part of a larger plan for the Stockholm region, Barkarby station and
Barkarbystaden will get metro stations, scheduled to open in 2026. The representatives for the municipalities signed the deal in January 2014, and on 3 March 2014 Järfälla municipal council made the formal decision to fulfill their part of the deal.
Demography
Residents with a foreign background
On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a
foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 31,031, or 40.59% of the population (76,453 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 15,550, or 25.37% of the population (61,290 on 31 December 2002).
Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år
(Read 4 januari 2019) On 31 December 2017 there were 76,453 residents in Järfälla, of whom 22,215 people (29.06%) were born in a country other than Sweden. These are divided by country in the table below; the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden
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.[Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017](_blank)
(XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019
Districts
*Viksjö
Viksjö () is a district of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, in Stockholm.
Viksjö has 15,000 inhabitants. The district was developed in the 1970s. The architecture consists mainly of detached terraced houses.
Viksjö is named a ...
*Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg is a suburban area (pop. 24,046) within Stockholm urban area, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden.
Jakobsberg, Järfälla's commercial and administrative centre, grew up around the railway. In the ...
*Barkarby
Barkarby is a district of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden and part of the contiguously built-up Stockholm urban area.
Barkarby has a station of the Stockholm commuter rail network.
1912 Summer Olympics
During the 1912 Summer ...
* Skälby
* Kallhäll
* Stäket
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Järfälla:
Football clubs
* AFC Järfälla
* FC Järfälla
FC Järfälla is a Swedish football club located in Järfälla.
Background
FC Järfälla currently plays in Division 2 Norra Svealand which is the third tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Järfällavallen in Järfäll ...
* FC Järfälla Academy
* IFK Viksjö
* Bele Barkarby FF
* Kallhälls FF
* Järfälla FF
* IF Söderhöjden Wasa
Floorball clubs
* Jakobsbergs IBF
* Järfälla Spiders
* Stäkets IF
* Bele Barkarby IF
Basketball clubs
* Järfälla Basket
Ice hockey clubs
* Järfälla HC Järfälla Hockey Club, often known by its initials JHC, is an ice hockey club based in Järfälla, Stockholm, Sweden. It was founded in 1976 when the clubs Jakobsbergs GoIF and IK Bele assembled their senior and junior sections. The club is one ...
* Kallhälls IF
* Bele Barkarby IF
See also
*Elfa AB
Swedish company ELFA, which distributes electronics components, instruments, tools, and books to business and private customers, was founded in 1945 by Arne Lydmar and Nils "Nisse" Jensen. As of 2006 it had 450 employees, and a turnaround of rou ...
(1945)
* Old Environmental Party in Järfälla
References
External links
Järfälla Municipality
- Official site
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Municipalities of Stockholm County
Metropolitan Stockholm
Stockholm urban area
Municipal seats of Stockholm County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Stockholm County