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Älvsjö () is a district of the city of
Älvsjö () is a district of the city of Stockholm Municipality
Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms kommun or ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, maki ...
in Sweden
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, located in the borough
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History
In the Middle Ag ...
Älvsjö
Älvsjö () is a district of the city of Stockholm Municipality in Sweden, located in the borough Älvsjö in Söderort. It has the biggest rentable facility in northern Europe called Stockholm International Fairs, and also the hotel Scandic Ta ...
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 northe ...
. It has the biggest rentable facility in northern Europe called Stockholm International Fairs, and also the hotel Scandic Talk Hotel
Scandic Talk Hotel (previously the Rica Talk Hotel) is a skyscraper and hotel, located at the Stockholm International Fairs in Älvsjö, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Ex ...
, which both are located east of Älvsjö commuter train
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station. In 2017, the total population of the district was 1,530 inhabitants.
The name was written ''Elffuesio'' in 1461. The origin of the first element is unclear – it is possibly derived from an Old Swedish
Old Swedish (Swedish language, Modern Swedish: ) is the name for two distinct stages of the Swedish language that were spoken in the Middle Ages: Early Old Swedish (), spoken from about 1225 until about 1375, and Late Old Swedish (), spoken fro ...
male name *''Ælve'', but that interpretation is uncertain. The last element ''sjö'' 'lake' refers to Brännkyrkasjön, a former lake east of Älvsjö.
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