Vårberg is a suburb in the Skärholmen borough in the

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region of

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Location

Vårberg borders

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'' style ...

, Vårby gård,

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, Estbröte, Kungshatt, and

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. It has an area of 197 hectares of land and 65 hectares of water. Its population is 8,454 as of 31 December 2007. Vårberg contains the highest natural point in Stockholm, Vikingaberget, which is 77.24 meters above sea level. Vårberg also includes Vårbergstoppen, an artificial hill which was built from spoil from the excavation the

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and which at 90 meters above sea level is the highest point of land in Stockholm.

History

The original Vårberg city plan was formulated in the regional plan in 1958. Vårberg was incorporated into Stockholm on January 1, 1963. Between 1965 and 1968, 14 city plans were prepared by the Stockholm City Building Office. The center of Vårberg was built was inaugurated in September 1968. The area was built with apartment buildings and townhouses, and the center was designed by architect Hack Kampman (1913-2005. Vårberg has a station ( Vårberg metro station) on the

Stockholm Metro The Stockholm metro ( sv, Stockholms tunnelbana) is a rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The first line opened in 1950, and today the system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are underground and 53 above ground. There are three colou ...

on line 13 between Vårby gård metro station and

Skärholmen metro station Skärholmen metro station is a station on the red line of the Stockholm metro, located in the district of Skärholmen. The station was opened on 1 March 1967 as the south terminus of an extension from Sätra. The distance to Slussen is . Skärho ...

. The artistic decoration with mosaic paintings depicting hands by artist Maria Ängquist Klyvare was performed in 1996.

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