Stora Ursvik is a district in

Sundbyberg Municipality Sundbyberg Municipality (''Sundbybergs kommun'' or ''Sundbybergs stad'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urba ...

with 2306 inhabitants (in 2019), and a suburb in the

Stockholm metropolitan area Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014. The offic ...

. An unbuilt corner of the district is located in

Stockholm Municipality Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms kommun or ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, maki ...

. This residential area is under construction, with an estimated completion in 2026. The first people moved in in 2007. Before that it was farmland owned by the

Oxenstierna Oxenstierna ( , ) is a Swedish noble family, originally from Småland in southern Sweden which can be traced up to the middle of the 14th century. The Oxenstierna family held vast estates in Södermanland and Uppland during the late Middle Ages a ...

family, then from the beginning of the 20th century by the Swedish military until 2005. It is connected to

Lilla Ursvik Lilla Ursvik is a district in Sundbyberg Municipality with 1088 inhabitants (in 2019), and a suburb in the Stockholm metropolitan area. It is located between Stora Ursvik to the west, Kymlinge to the north and Järvastaden to the east, with a mot ...

to the east and the uninhabited

Kymlinge Kymlinge () is an area of Sundbyberg Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is mostly a recreational park, part of which is a nature reserve ( Igelbäcken). History The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age. The name is known since 1347 ...

to the north. It is separated by motorways from

Rinkeby Rinkeby () is a stadsdel, district in the Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Rinkeby had 19,349 inhabitants in 2016. The neighbourhood was part of the Million Programme. The Stockholm metro station Rinkeby metro station, Rinkeby was also o ...

to the west and

Rissne Rissne is a neighborhood in the western part of Sundbyberg Municipality, Stockholm, Sweden. It has about 7500 inhabitants and borders to Stora Ursvik in the north, Duvbo and Hallonbergen in the east, and in the west and south to Bromsten, the latt ...

to the south. Two tram stations, on the

Tvärbanan Tvärbanan is a light-rail line in Stockholm, Sweden. Its name literally translates to ''The transverse line'', as it operates crosswise to the otherwise radial metro and commuter rail lines of Stockholm. It links together several transit ...

Kista line, are planned in the west of the district. The building plan for the district has low buildings (1-3 floors) in the north and east, and higher buildings in the south and west.https://www.sundbyberg.se/download/18.7852cb6113eccaaef48951/1369400615643/fordjupad-oversiktsplan-stora-ursvik-2003.pdf

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References

Stockholm urban area Populated places in Sundbyberg Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub