Vagnhärad is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

situated in

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 ...

Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is th ...

, Sweden with 3,324 inhabitants in 2010.

Landslide

On 23 May 1997 a landslide along the banks of the

Trosaån Trosaån is a river in Sweden. The river flows east from the south east of Lake Sillen in the Sodermanland Region of Sweden. It flows along the path of the D 800 road through Vagnhärad where the river bend to the south along the 218 road. The Tro ...

, or Trosa River, damaged or destroyed 7 residential houses. Only one person was injured but a total of 29 houses were demolished and 96 people lost their homes in the effort of preventing future slides in the area. The total cost of the slide has been calculated as approximately 150 million SEK. During the summer of 2011 new cracks in the ground were found in the area around Brovägen, also alongside the river, threatening approximately 20 more buildings.

Sports

Vagnhärad has 2 sports halls, Hedebyhallen and Lånestahallen, which are primarily used for school sports and by the floorball team

Trosa Edanö IBK Trosa is a locality and the seat of Trosa Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden 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 t ...

. There is also a Swimming pool, Safiren, and a soccer facility, Häradsvallen used by the team

Vagnhärads SK Vagnhärads SK was a Swedish football club, located in Vagnhärad, in Trosa Municipality, Södermanland County. Background Vagnhärads Sportklubb was a sports club which was formed in 1921. Over the years the other sports have been dropped and ...

Education

Vagnhärad has one compulsory comprehensive school, Hedebyskolan, were most of the area's young people go to school for grades 1 to 9. Most students then continue their studies at upper secondary schools in

Nyköping Nyköping () is a locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County. Including Arnö, the locality on the southern shore of th ...

Södertälje Södertälje ( , ) is a city in Södermanland and Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. As of 2017, it has 72,704 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea through the lock in the ...

Transportation

Vagnhärad is located along the highway

European route E4 European route E4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, with a total length of . The Finnish part lies entirely within Tornio in northern Finland, and is only long. The Swedish part traverses most of Sweden e ...

and along the railway Nyköpingsbanan, which is extended between

and Järna and gives Vagnhärad access by train to the cities of Stockholm,

, Norrköping and

Linköping Linköping () is a city in southern Sweden, with around 105,000 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Church ...

. Buses run to and from

Trosa Trosa is a locality and the seat of Trosa Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden 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 ...

Gnesta Gnesta () is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Gnesta Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 5,562 inhabitants in 2010. Gnesta is located in Södermanland, on the border to Stockholm County. As situated near the county boundary Gn ...

Västerljung Västerljung () is a locality situated in Trosa Municipality, Södermanland County Södermanland County ( sv, Södermanlands län) is a county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually unive ...

and

Liljeholmen Liljeholmen is a district of the Hägersten-Liljeholmen borough in Söderort, the southern suburban part of Stockholm. History In 1860 Liljeholmen became the first suburb outside Stockholm city limits. The district was then one of two self-gov ...

Culture

The area around Vagnhärad is known for its many stone age burial mounds and archeological sites, as well as some old and unique runestones. Runsten i Trosa för Wikipedia

The locality was the model for "Hedeby" in Sven Delblanc's books Åminne (1970), Stenfågel (1973), Vinteride (1974) and Stadsporten (1976).Delblanc Presentation by the Delblanc Society (Swedish)
/ref> The TV-series Hedebyborna, built on the books by Sven Delblanc, was mostly produced in the area around Vagnhärad. A historic royal waiting hall that was used by the Swedish king

Gustaf V Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxe ...

during his summer visits to the royal palace of

Tullgarn Tullgarn Palace ( sv, Tullgarns slott) is a royal summer palace in the province of Södermanland, south of Stockholm, Sweden. Built in the 1720s, the palace offers a mixture of rococo, Gustavian and Victorian styles. The interior design is rega ...

has been preserved, and is located next to the railway station.

References

External links

Trosa
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Vagnharad Populated places in Södermanland County Populated places in Trosa Municipality