Tyresö Municipality () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Stockholm County in east central Sweden on the coast of the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...
.
Most of Tyresö Municipality lies within the
Stockholm urban area
The Stockholm urban area () is the largest and most populous of the statistical localities or urban areas in Sweden. It has no administrative function of its own, but constitutes a continuous built-up area, which extends into 11 municipalities in ...
.
History
The first humans arrived in what today is Tyresö Municipality somewhere around the 3rd millennium BC. It would not be until about the 7th century that permanent settlements would start appearing though. There are some graves and other remnants left from this prehistoric time.
The Tyresö estate has its origins in the 14th century. During the 17th century the estate was at its largest, covering nearly the entire current area of the municipality. The
Tyresö Palace
Tyresö Palace (Swedish: ''Tyresö slott'') is a 17th-century palace in Tyresö, Stockholm County, Sweden, about 25 km south-east of central Stockholm.
The construction of the palace began in the 1620s and completed in 1636 by the Lord H ...
and
Tyresö Church
Tyresö Church () is a 17th-century church (building), church in Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö, Sweden, belonging to the Tyresö parish. The church is located near Tyresö Palace, which was built during the same era.
The church has a brick exteri ...
were built during this century, with the palace completed in 1636 and the church in 1640.
Tyresö was an important industrial centre in the Stockholm region between the 16th and 19th centuries, thanks to the
watermill
A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as mill (grinding), milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in ...
s that could be built on the streams between the lakes. The waterwheels in the municipal arms represent the three hydropower facilities at Nyfors, Uddby and Follbrinksströmmen. The industries included
rolling mill
In metalworking, rolling is a metal forming process in which metal stock is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness, to make the thickness uniform, and/or to impart a desired mechanical property. The concept is simi ...
s,
gristmill
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s,
forge
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s,
paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt ...
s,
sawmill
A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...
s, and a
brickworks
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. None of the watermills are left today. The Uddby mill burned down in 1895, and a
hydroelectric
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power plant was built in its place, which still stands today and is the only such plant in the Stockholm area.
During the early 20th century, the large land area of the Tyresö estate began to be divided into lots, and summer cottages began to be built. Some quite luxurious ones were built in the Brevik area. The rate of construction increased rapidly in the early decades of the century. From the 1950s onwards, the summer cottages began to be converted into year-round dwellings at a rapid pace.
From the 1950s onwards,
Bollmora
Bollmora is the central district and municipal seat of Tyresö Municipality in Sweden. Together with major parts of the other two main districts of Tyresö, Trollbäcken and Gamla Tyresö, Bollmora forms a conurbation with Stockholm.
Bollmora deri ...
experienced a huge expansion rate, especially after the legislation
Lex Bollmora
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in 1959 which allowed municipal real estate companies to operate in other municipalities than their own. A municipal centre formed in Bollmora, ''Bollmora Centrum'', which was inaugurated in 1965.
The
Million Programme
The Million Programme () was a large public housing program implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974 by the governing Swedish Social Democratic Party to ensure the availability of affordable, high-quality housing to all Swedish citizens. Th ...
put its distinctive print on Tyresö as well, especially Bollmora: many of the apartment building areas come from that programme.
During the expansive phase from the 1950s onwards, the population of Tyresö has grown from about 5,000 to just over 44,000 at present.
The Bollmora Centrum was rebuilt in the early 1990s to be an enclosed shopping centre, and renamed
Tyresö Centrum
Tyresö Centrum (''Tyresö Centre'') is an enclosed Shopping mall, shopping centre in Tyresö centre, Bollmora, the municipal centre of Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö, Sweden. It has 74 stores and other social or commercial units.
History
Tyresö ...
.
In August 1999 a large
wildfire
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destroyed about 10% of the
Tyresta National Park
Tyresta National Park () is a national park with a surrounding nature reserve in Sweden, located in Haninge Municipality, Haninge and Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö municipalities in Stockholm County.
Geography
About from central Stockholm ar ...
.
Subdivisions
There are no administrative subdivisions of Tyresö Municipality, but there are some other formal and less formal subdivisions.
Districts
There are three main districts in Tyresö. This is a kind of everyday reference subdivision to refer to the different main parts of the municipality.
*
Bollmora
Bollmora is the central district and municipal seat of Tyresö Municipality in Sweden. Together with major parts of the other two main districts of Tyresö, Trollbäcken and Gamla Tyresö, Bollmora forms a conurbation with Stockholm.
Bollmora deri ...
in the northwest – consisting of apartment buildings of about 2–8 stories high, terraced houses and detached houses and some industrial areas. The municipal centre,
Tyresö centre
Tyresö centre (''Tyresö centrum'') is the municipal centre of Tyresö Municipality, Sweden, located in the Bollmora district. The municipal hall (''kommunhus'') is located there inside Tyresö Centrum, an enclosed shopping mall.
A bus terminal ...
, is located here.
*
Trollbäcken
Trollbäcken is a district of Tyresö Municipality in Sweden. 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 kno ...
in west – consisting mostly of detached houses.
*
Gamla Tyresö Gamla Tyresö (meaning ''Old Tyresö'') is a district of Tyresö Municipality in Sweden. It consists of the eastern half of the municipality, containing the Tyresö Strand and Raksta areas, the long Brevik peninsula, and the vast forest in the south ...
(''"Old Tyresö"'') in the east and south. The eastern area consists of detached, semi–detached, and terraced houses, and summer cottages, a large part of which are being converted to year-round use. The
Tyresö Palace
Tyresö Palace (Swedish: ''Tyresö slott'') is a 17th-century palace in Tyresö, Stockholm County, Sweden, about 25 km south-east of central Stockholm.
The construction of the palace began in the 1620s and completed in 1636 by the Lord H ...
and
Tyresö Church
Tyresö Church () is a 17th-century church (building), church in Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö, Sweden, belonging to the Tyresö parish. The church is located near Tyresö Palace, which was built during the same era.
The church has a brick exteri ...
from the 17th century are located here. In the south there is a large forest, containing about half of the
Tyresta National Park
Tyresta National Park () is a national park with a surrounding nature reserve in Sweden, located in Haninge Municipality, Haninge and Tyresö Municipality, Tyresö municipalities in Stockholm County.
Geography
About from central Stockholm ar ...
on the Tyresö side.
Urban areas
Population of
urban areas
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''within municipal borders'', as of 2000:
*
Brevik peninsula: 1,556
*
Raksta: 537
*
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 ...
(part of): 36,483
Residential areas
Number or inhabitants per residential area :
*Bollmora: 14 861
*Trollbäcken: 11 916
*Krusboda: 3 773
*Tyresö Strand: 3 517
*Öringe: 2 536
*Brevikshalvön: 2 101
*Lindalen: 1 828
*South/East Tyresö: 860
*"Unspecified": 84
*Total: 41,476
Geography
The vast bulk of Tyresö lies on the
Södertörn
Södertörn is a roughly triangular peninsula and artificial island in eastern Södermanland, Sweden, with an area of 1,207 km² and is bordered by:
*Lake Mälaren, the Hammarby Canal and the inlet of Saltsjön (a part of the Baltic Sea) t ...
peninsula, with some islands in the Baltic sea, of which
Ägnö and
Härsö are the largest ones. There are many lakes in Tyresö, being part of the
Tyresån Lake System. In the south there is a large old forest of which a part is in the Tyresta national park, and other large parts are in other nature reserves.
The terrain is typical for the region, low hills and valleys formed by the
last ice age. The highest point is at
Telegrafberget,
above sea level
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.
Tyresö has a land border with
Stockholm
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in the northwest, with
Nacka
Nacka () is the municipal seat of Nacka Municipality and part of Stockholm urban area in Sweden. The municipality's name harks back to a 16th-century industrial operation established by the Crown at Nacka farmstead where conditions for water mi ...
in the north, and with
Haninge
Haninge Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen, a part of the Stockholm urban area.
Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when ''Västerhaninge'' and ''Österhaninge'' were ...
in the south, a lake border with
Huddinge
Huddinge Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Stockholm County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Huddinge (), which is a part of Stockholm urban area.
The municipality is, with its approximately 110,000 inhabit ...
in the west, and a sea border with
Värmdö in the east and northeast.
Demography
Population development
2022 by district
This is a demographic table based on Tyresö Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election
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sourced from
SVT's election platform, in turn taken from
SCB official statistics.
In total there were 48,981 residents, including 35,234 Swedish citizens of voting age.
[ 46.8% voted for the left coalition and 51.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
]
Residents with a foreign background
On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside Sweden or with two parents born outside Sweden) was 10 283, or 21.74% of the population (47 304 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 7 108, or 17.90% of the population (39 720 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 47 304 residents in Tyresö, of which 7 710 people (16.30%) were born in a country other than Sweden. Divided by country in the table below – the Nordic countries as well as the 12 most common countries of birth outside Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden
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* developin ...
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(XLS-fil) Läst 5 januari 2019
Public transportation
Tyresö is served by the county-wide public transport system
Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...
operated by AB Storstockholms Lokaltrafik
Storstockholms Lokaltrafik known as SL, () is the public transport organisation responsible for managing land-based public transport in Stockholm County, Sweden. SL oversees a network that includes the Stockholm Metro, ''Tunnelbana'' metro, Stock ...
.
Tyresö is one of the few municipalities in Stockholm County without rail connections. Most of the bus routes connect to the Stockholm Metro at Gullmarsplan
Gullmarsplan () is a place in Johanneshov, Stockholm. The Town square, square there was built at the same time the new city area was developed in the 1940s. The business area around the square was inaugurated in 1946. It was named after Gullmarn, ...
, but there are also buses running directly to and from central Stockholm.
Twin towns
Tyresö is twinned with:
*Cēsis
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, Latvia
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(since 1991)
*Porvoo
Porvoo (; ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located on the south coast of the country, on the Gulf of Finland. Porvoo lies in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Porvoo is approximately , while the Porvoo sub-region, sub-re ...
, Finland
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(since 1966)
*Savigny-le-Temple
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, France (since 1985)
*Wejherowo
Wejherowo (; formerly ) is a city in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 48,735 inhabitants (2021). It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was a city in Gdańsk Voivodeship (1975–199 ...
, Poland
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(since 1993)
* Bilohorodka community, Ukraine
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(since 2023)
Notable natives and residents
*Ingvar Carlsson
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, politician – former Prime Minister of Sweden
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* Tony Magnusson, professional skateboard
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The skateboard ...
er in the 1980s and 1990s; owner of the Osiris Shoe Company
*Thomas Enqvist
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, tennis player
*Peter Pohl
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, writer, currently lives in Tyresö
*Johan Garpenlöv
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, coach of Djurgårdens IF Hockey, and former ice hockey
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player for the Florida Panthers
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in the U.S. NHL
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*Elli Avram
Elisabet Avramidou Granlund (; born 1990), known professionally as Elli AvrRam, is a Swedish-Greek actress and is now based in Mumbai, India. She is known for her Hindi film '' Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon''. AvrRam came to prominence after participa ...
, Bollywood
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actress, model, dancer and television personality
* Olof Kajbjer, Professional CS:GO player for Faze Clan
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In October 20 ...
* Linus Lundqvist
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, racing driver
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Tyresö Municipality:
* Tyresö FF
Tyresö Fotbollsförening is a Swedish football club in Tyresö, a municipality in Stockholm County. The club was founded in 1971 and is primarily known for its main women's team, which competed in the top-tier league Damallsvenskan between 19 ...
* Tyresö AFF Royal Crowns
Tyresö Royal Crowns is a Swedish sports club established in 1990 with American football as its only section. The club currently plays at Tyresövallen in the municipality of Tyresö in the southeastern part of the Stockholm metropolitan area
...
* Hanvikens SK
Controversies
In 2024, Tyresö Municipality received criticism for almost doubling the salary of its vice chairman , without providing any clear justification for the salary increase. Politician who previously held this position also criticised the unjustified salary increase.
References
External links
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