Fittja metro station is a station on the red line of the Stockholm metro, located in

Fittja Fittja is a part of Botkyrka Municipality and the name of the Stockholm metro station in the area. It was settled during the 1970s and consists mostly of rental apartments. As of 2008, there were 7,458 people living in Fittja; 64.7% of them were o ...

Botkyrka Municipality Botkyrka Municipality ( ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, not far from the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the town of Tumba. In 1971 ''Grödinge'' was merged with Botkyrka and in 1974 ''Salem'' was added. ...

, Sweden. The outdoor station was opened on 1 October 1972 as the south-western terminus of the extension from

Vårberg Vårberg is a suburb in the Skärholmen borough in the Söderort region of Stockholm, Sweden. Location Vårberg borders Skärholmen, Vårby gård, Huddinge, Estbröte, Kungshatt, and Ekerö. It has an area of 197 hectares of land and 6 ...

. On 12 January 1975 the line was extended further to Norsborg. The station has a copy of the Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd bronze sculpture '' Non-Violence'', the original of which was made in memory of John Lennon. Under the canopy roof of the entrance to Fittja center hangs two light sculptures of opal-colored plastic created by Eva Rosengren. File:Stockholm subway fittja 20060913 002.jpg, Fittja metro station in September 2006 File:Stockholm subway fittja 20060913 003.jpg, Elevated approach to the station

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