Trollbäcken is a district 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
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. It is located south of
Bollmora along
county road 260. Trollbäcken contains almost exclusively detached houses. In the area of Trollbäcken centre (''Trollbäckens centrum''), also known as Alléplan, there are some multi-apartment buildings and commercial structures. There are also a couple of restaurants near "Trollbäcken centrum" such as "lila rött" and "sushi niko"
In 1910 the land of
Kumla manor was sold and divided into lots. During the 1920s to 1930s there was a lot of summer cottage development in that area. From the 1950s and onwards the cottages began to be converted into permanent dwellings in a large scale. Trollbäcken housed the municipal executive board of Tyresö from the 1940s until the
Bollmora centre was built.
Trollbäcken has as of January 1, 2004 11,715 inhabitants, which is 29.2% of the population of Tyresö Municipality.
Lake
Barnsjön is a popular spot for bathing and fishing.
External links
Tyresö Municipality
Tyresö Municipality
Stockholm urban area
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