Sätra is a suburb in the district in

Söderort Söderort (literally "the southern place", sometimes translated to ''South Stockholm'') is the southern suburban part of the Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It is also part of the city of Stockholm. Geography Söderort is located in the nort ...

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Location

The district is bounded on the north by

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and on the south by Södertalje Road, a section of

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and

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. Sätra borders the districts of

Bredäng Bredäng is a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. In the southwest section of the city, it is a part of the Skärholmen borough and is named after a former farm in the area. Bredäng has an 18th-century mansion (''Jakobsbergs gård'') named after its fi ...

and

Skärholmen Skärholmen is a suburban area in the district of Söderort in south-western Stockholm, Sweden. Together with Bredäng, Sätra and Vårberg, it forms the borough of Skärholmen. The community primarily consisting of ''Million Programme'' s ...

, as well as Segeltorp in

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municipality and Kungshatt in

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municipality.

History

The City of Stockholm bought the land in 1934 A.D. A new general plan for Sätra was drawn up the day after. Construction began in 1964 and four years later the entire district was almost completed. Together Sätra metro station and Sätra Centrum form the hub. Just South of the Sätra industrial buildings. Sätra metro station is on the Red Line (''Röda Linjen'') of

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. The station was opened in 1965 as the southwest terminus of the extension from Örnsberg. In 1967, the line was extended to

References

Districts of Stockholm {{Stockholm-geo-stub