Upplands-Bro Municipality (''Upplands-Bro 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 in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kungsängen. The municipality was formed in 1952 through the amalgamation of five rural municipalities in

Uppsala County Uppsala County ( sv, Uppsala län) is a county or ''län'' on the eastern coast of Sweden, whose capital is the city of Uppsala. It borders the counties of Dalarna, Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea. Prov ...

. In 1971 it was transferred to Stockholm County.

Geography

Situated by

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it is distinguished by its nature. The overwhelming majority of the population are located to one of the three towns Kungsängen (pop. 7,500), Bro (6,200) and

Brunna Brunna is a locality and a suburb of Metropolitan Stockholm situated in Upplands-Bro Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the ...

(4,000), and most of the remaining area is taken up by countryside, a substantial part of it being agricultural.

History

As apparent from its

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, Upplands-Bro takes pride in its pre-historic history, and boasts some of the oldest ancient remains in Sweden. From the

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, about 4,000 burial places have been found, and the remains from the

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include 20

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s. The figure in the coat of arms comes from one of these remains, a 3 cm tall bronze figure found near Kungsängen. Every one of the six

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es also hosts a

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church, built between 1100 and 1400. In the 15th century, the fortress Almarestäket was built in the municipality, just east to the present location of Kungsängen. It was the seat of the

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until the Archbishop

Gustav Trolle Gustav Eriksson Trolle (September 1488 – 1535) was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, in two sessions, during the turbulent Reformation events. He was the son of Eric Arvidsson Trolle, a former regent of Sweden during the era of the Kalmar Union. ...

besieged himself there in 1517, leading to the demolition of the fortress in 1519. The ruins can still be visited. Since 1970, the main base of the combined cavalry/

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regiment Life Guards is located in Upplands-Bro. The regiment trains

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mechanized infantry Mechanized infantry are infantry units equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat (see also mechanized force). As defined by the United States Army, mechanized infantry is di ...

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and

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. It is also the home of the Swedish Armed Forces International Centre (Swedint).

Demography

Population development

Residents with a foreign background

On the 31st of December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 9 646, or 34.93% of the population (27 614 on the 31st of December 2017). On the 31st of December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 5 002, or 23.64% of the population (21 162 on the 31st of December 2002).Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år
(Read 5 januari 2019) On 31 December 2017 there were 27 614 residents in Upplands-Bro, of which 7 088 people (25.67%) were born in a country other than Sweden. 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.Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017
(XLS-fil) Läst 5 januari 2019

Public transportation

The municipality is served by the Stockholm public transport system operated by SL. The municipal seat Kungsängen used to be the north-western terminus of the Stockholm commuter rail network, but in 2000 this line was extended to

Bålsta Bålsta is a locality and the seat of Håbo Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 13 138 inhabitants in 2015. Although not in Stockholm County, it has Bålsta Station, the north-western terminus of the Stockholm suburban rail system. Many ...

and a new station was built in Bro. A new depot for commuter trains has recently been built in the municipality. There is also a bus network.

References

External links

Upplands-Bro Municipality
– Official site {{authority control Municipalities of Stockholm County Metropolitan Stockholm