Söderort (literally "the southern place", sometimes translated to ''South Stockholm'') is the southern suburban part of the

Stockholm Municipality Stockholm Municipality () or the City of Stockholm () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, making it the second most ...

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. It is also part of the city of

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

Geography

Söderort is located in the northern part of the Södertörn peninsula/island. The boroughs of Söderort are:

Enskede-Årsta-Vantör Enskede-Årsta-Vantör (listen ) is a Boroughs of Stockholm, borough (''stadsdelsområde'') in Söderort, the southern part of Stockholm, Sweden. Overview Årsta was under control of the Livonian Order, along with Aristun as distant Swedish hol ...

, Farsta, Hägersten-Liljeholmen, Skärholmen, Skarpnäck and Älvsjö.

History

The main part of Söderort was annexed by the ''City of Stockholm'' in 1913. Before 2007, it was organized into eight ''stadsdelsområden'': Enskede-Årsta, Farsta, Hägersten, Liljeholmen, Skarpnäck, Skärholmen, Vantör and Älvsjö. Since 2007, Söderort is organized into six ''stadsdelsområden'' (sometimes translated to

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, Farsta, Hägersten-Liljeholmen, Skarpnäck, Skärholmen, and Älvsjö.City of Stockholm
"Stockholm by districts"
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Geography

History

Districts

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