Gnesta () is a bimunicipal

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and the seat of

Gnesta Municipality Gnesta Municipality (''Gnesta kommun'') is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gnesta, with some 5,000 inhabitants. The present municipality was created in 1992, when Nyköping Munici ...

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 5,562 inhabitants in 2010. Gnesta is located in Södermanland, on the border to Stockholm County. As situated near the county boundary Gnesta is served by Stockholm commuter rail which has a terminus here. Gnesta is the location for the 2009 film adaptation of the Stieg Larsson book ''

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (original title in sv, Män som hatar kvinnor , lit=''Men Who Hate Women'') is a psychological thriller novel by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004). It was published posthumously in 2 ...

'', representing the fictional Hedestad and Hedeby Island.

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Populated places in Södermanland County Populated places in Stockholm County Populated places in Gnesta Municipality Populated places in Södertälje Municipality Municipal seats of Södermanland County Swedish municipal seats {{Södermanland-geo-stub it:Gnesta (comune)