Bollmora is the central district and municipal seat of
Tyresö Municipality
Tyresö Municipality (''Tyresö kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden on the coast of the Baltic Sea.
Most of Tyresö Municipality lies within the Stockholm urban area.
History
The first humans arrived in what ...
in
Sweden. Together with major parts of the other two main districts of Tyresö,
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and
Gamla Tyresö, Bollmora forms a
conurbation with
Stockholm.
Bollmora derives its name from Bollmora farm (''Bollmora gård'') which was located near current day Njupkärrsvägen–Industrivägen intersection. Up until the 1950s Bollmora was a village, but in conjunction to the large migration to
Stockholm in 1950s and 1960s, Bollmora expanded. The large expansion was made possible by
Lex Bollmora
Lex or LEX may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Lex'', a daily featured column in the ''Financial Times''
Games
* Lex, the mascot of the word-forming puzzle video game ''Bookworm''
* Lex, the protagonist of the word-forming puzzle video ga ...
from 1959, a legislation that made possible for municipal real estate companies to operate in other municipalities than their own. The municipal real estate companies of Stockholm started immediately constructing in Bollmora after the legislation came into effect. Many of the apartment building areas of Bollmora are from the
Million Programme
The Million Programme ( sv, Miljonprogrammet) was an ambitious public housing program implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to ensure the availability of affordable, high quality housing t ...
origin.
Bollmora centre (''Bollmora centrum'') was inaugurated in 1965, and it was fairly ordinary small-town centre with pedestrian streets. The centre underwent a major overhaul to an enclosed
shopping mall
A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...
in early 1990s. It was renamed
Tyresö centre
Tyresö centre (''Tyresö centrum'') is the municipal centre of Tyresö Municipality, Sweden, located in the Bollmora district. The municipal hall (''kommunhus'') is located there inside Tyresö Centrum, an enclosed shopping mall.
A bus termin ...
(''Tyresö centrum'') and the new centre was inaugurated in 1992.
Lake
Barnsjön is a popular spot for bathing and fishing.
Residential areas
The population of the residential areas typically associated with Bollmora, as of 1 January 2004
*Bollmora: 8,494
*Krusboda: 3,717
*East/West Farmarstigen: 2,668
*Öringe: 2,548
*Granängsringen: 2,187
*Fårdala: 1,657
*Lindalen: 1,445
*Total: 22,716 — or 56.7% of the population of Tyresö Municipality.
External links
Tyresö Municipality
{{Municipalities of Stockholm County
Stockholm urban area
Tyresö Municipality