Trosa is a

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and the seat of

Trosa Municipality Trosa Municipality (''Trosa kommun'') is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. The municipality consists of the localities of Vagnhärad, Västerljung, Stensund, Sund and the town of Trosa. The seat of the municipality i ...

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with 5,027 inhabitants in 2010 (town) and 11,417 in 2010 (municipality). The town is colloquially nicknamed ''Världens ände'' ("The world's end", specifically the rear end, as "Trosa" is concidentally also Swedish for " panty"). The municipality of Trosa consists of the three towns Trosa, Västerljung and Vagnhärad. Despite its small size, Trosa states its place in Sweden. It is the second fastest growing town in Sweden (2,9%/year 2008) and is ranked as having the 3rd best business climate in Sweden (2011).

History

Trosa was known as a town in the 14th century. In the 15th century it was an important site for trade, and received its city privileges in 1454 by King

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(a.k.a. ''Karl Knutsson Bonde''). Due to

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, the city center was moved in the early 17th century, to its present location by the estuary of the Trosa River. The city gained its valour at the new location from King Karl IX, 19 April 1610. The city was burnt down and plundered by

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ns in 1719 during the

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and was repeatedly attacked during the

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, but the local church and poor-house was spared at every occasion. Both these buildings are now on display in the center of Trosa and serves as a memory from those hard times. The economic base of the city was as earlier merchantmen and fishery. When the baltic fishery during the 1870s diminished in economic terms, the city opted for tourism as a business for the small coastal city. Suecia 2-007 ; Trosa

Present

Today Trosa is one of the top four wealthiest communities in Sweden (32% of the population earns more than 1,5 million SEK a year). Many famous people have summerhouses in or close to Trosa, for example the well-known chef, hunter and actor

Per Morberg Per-Arne Henrik Morberg (; born 23 June 1960) is a Swedish actor, chef, and TV host. Biography Morberg grew up in Hökarängen and Sköndal in Stockholm. He competed in judo when he was a teenager. He is a black belt and was named Swedish a ...

as well as

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, the

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ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group's ...

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and

Björn Ulvaeus Björn Kristian Ulvaeus (; born 25 April 1945) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, producer, a member of the musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals ''Chess'', '' Kristina från Duvemåla'', and '' Mamma Mia!'' He co-produced the films ...

. The founder of

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, Gösta Larsson, lived in Trosa all of his life and at the moment the Larsson-Markman family runs the company. The general number of people living in Trosa goes up by 131% during the summer months of June–August because of the high ratio of summer residences. Trosa brings in a large number of tourists each year and the Board of Tourism in Södermanland estimates that a little less than 250,000 people from all over the world pass through the town each year. During 2010 Trosa celebrated 400 years as a town at its present location under the motto "Future since 1610". The metalcore band

Adept (band) Adept is a Swedish metalcore band from Trosa. Formed in 2004, the band consists of vocalist Robert Ljung, guitarists Gustav Lithammer and Kasper Larcombe-Tronstad, bassist Filip Brandelius, drummer Gabriel Hellmark. Adept have released three EPs ...

is from the town.

Education

Within Trosa

there are four elementary schools (grades 1-6), two junior high schools (grades 7-9). Right now there are no plans to build or house a high school or university/college within the municipality.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Södermanland County Populated places in Trosa Municipality Municipal seats of Södermanland County Swedish municipal seats Coastal cities and towns in Sweden