Råsunda (district)
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Råsunda is a district in
Solna Municipality Solna ( or , ), also known as Solna Municipality, is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in central Stockholm County, Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockh ...
, and a suburb in the
Stockholm metropolitan area Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014. The off ...
with around 17,500 inhabitants. The movie industry set up in the area
Filmstaden Filmstaden was a film studio situated in Råsunda, Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden. History Filmstaden was once one of the most modern film studios of its time in Europe. It was built in 1919–1920 based on designs by Swedish arch ...
, formerly an ostrich farm, in 1919–1969 (nowadays the area has homes, offices) in western Råsunda. A large football stadium (
Råsunda Stadium Råsunda Stadium (; also known as Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, Råsundastadion, Råsunda Football Stadium or just Råsunda) was the Swedish national football stadium. It was located in Solna Municipality in Stockholm and named after the district ...
) stood in central Råsunda 1937–2003, on the grounds of a sports field that existed from 1910. Råsunda can be reached by the
Näckrosen metro station Näckrosen (meaning ''the water lily'') is a station on the Stockholm metro, blue line. The station is located in Solna Municipality (northwestern end of Råsunda area), but one of the entrances is in Sundbyberg Municipality (Storskogen square). ...
 (west part), Solna centrum metro and light rail station (south edge), the commuter train and light rail Solna station (east edge) and the major road Frösundaleden (south edge). The district neighbours
Storskogen Storskogen is a district in Sundbyberg Municipality with 3062 inhabitants (in 2019), and a suburb in the Stockholm metropolitan area. It is located between Central Sundbyberg and the Solna Municipality Solna ( or , ), also known as Solna Munic ...
and
Central Sundbyberg Central Sundbyberg () is the oldest and longest-established part of Sundbyberg Municipality in Sweden. It is a railway town and one of Stockholm's oldest satellite towns, built around Sundbyberg railway station which opened in 1876. Its proximity ...
(both in
Sundbyberg Municipality Sundbyberg Municipality ( or ''Sundbybergs stad'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urban population. Sundbybe ...
) to the west,
Skytteholm Solna ( or , ), also known as Solna Municipality, is a municipality in central Stockholm County, Sweden, located just north of Stockholm City Centre. Its seat is located in the town of Solna, which is a part of the Stockholm urban area. Solna is ...
 to the south,
Hagalund Hagalund () is a residential area and railway yard in Solna Municipality, 5 km north of central Stockholm. It is known for the blue highrise buildings ''"Blåkulla"'' (Blue Hill or Blockula) which, against a rather strong and long-lasting o ...
to the east and Järva the north. The lake Råstasjön is located to the north.


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