Täby 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' ...
north 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 ...
in
Stockholm County in east central
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the town of
Täby
Täby () was previously a trimunicipal locality, with 76,700 inhabitants in 2024. However, as from 2016, Statistics Sweden has amalgamated this locality with the Stockholm urban area. It is the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sw ...
. Täby Municipality can be characterized as a suburb of Stockholm.
The municipality is one of few in Sweden which has approximately the same size as the original entity created out of Täby parish, when the first local government acts came into force in 1863. It has not been amalgamated with other units, but minor changes of its limits have been carried out.
Localities
For statistical purposes the municipality is divided into two non-administrative urban areas (
tätort). The southern built-up area constituted until 2014 the multimunicipal
[http://w41.scb.se/templates/Publikation____186288.asp] urban area
Täby
Täby () was previously a trimunicipal locality, with 76,700 inhabitants in 2024. However, as from 2016, Statistics Sweden has amalgamated this locality with the Stockholm urban area. It is the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sw ...
which was partly situated in
Danderyd Municipality
Danderyd Municipality (; ) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent. Its seat is located in Djursholm and it is located within Stoc ...
. From 2015 it is considered part of
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 ...
The northern built-up area, (
Täby kyrkby
Täby kyrkby ("Village of Täby church"), is the northernmost part of Täby Municipality in Sweden. It also forms part of Vallentuna urban area, which is a statistical, non-administrative, unit.
The village was originally named Täby, and has gi ...
) is part of the bimunicipal
Vallentuna
Vallentuna is the seat of Vallentuna Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden, with 33,219 inhabitants in 2018. Vallentuna's cultural landscape is well preserved, and human habitation in the area has been traced back as far as the Stone Age. Arche ...
urban area, of which the main part constitutes the seat of
Vallentuna Municipality
Vallentuna Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vallentuna.
The current municipality was established as a result of the municipal reform of 1971. Its coat of arms depic ...
.
The southern part is
Ella Gård or in English ''Ella Farm'', which was the location of one of the largest farms at Täby during the 19th century.
Demography
Population development
2022 by district
This is a demographic table based on Täby 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 73,870 residents, including 54,267 Swedish citizens of voting age.
[ 37.1% voted for the left coalition and 61.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
]
Income and education
Täby is one of the wealthiest municipalities in Sweden, with the 2nd highest median income per capita. The share of highly educated persons, according to Statistics Sweden
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* developin ...
's definition: persons with post-secondary education that is three years or longer, is 43.9% and the 6th highest in the country.
Residents with a foreign background
On 31 December 2017 the number of people with a foreign background (persons born outside of Sweden or with two parents born outside of Sweden) was 15 429, or 21.91% of the population (70 405 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 9 760, or 16.21% of the population (60 198 on 31 December 2002). On 31 December 2017 there were 70 405 residents in Täby, of which 12 183 people (17.30%) 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 of Sweden for Swedish residents have been included, with other countries of birth bundled together by continent by Statistics Sweden
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* developin ...
.[Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017](_blank)
(XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019
Public transportation
The municipality is served by the Stockholm public transport system through SL. There are twelve stops on all the three branches of the narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...
Roslagsbanan
Roslagsbanan () is a Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge commuter railway system in Roslagen, Stockholm County, Sweden. Its combined route length is and there are 38 stations. It is built to the Swedish three foot gauge railways, Swedish three fo ...
suburban railway
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. There is also bus connection with the Stockholm metro as well as an extensive internal bus network.
History
During the first millennium, Täby was part of the lands of the Svear
The Swedes (; Old Norse: ''svíar,'' ) were a North Germanic tribe who inhabited Svealand ("land of the Swedes") in central Sweden. Along with Geats and Gutes, they were one of the progenitor groups of modern Swedes. They had their tribal centr ...
, known as Svitjod
''Svitjod'' (also spelled Svithiod; , Old Swedish: ''Svethiudh'') was an early name for both the people known as the Svear and the land they inhabited. In medieval times, the name usually referred to their central territory in what is now Uppland ...
. Remains from this period can be found in more than 37 runestone
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s found in the municipality. In the north of the municipality can be found, the remains of the 11th-century causeway known as '' Jarlabankes bro''. The cross on Täby's coat of arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...
is found on the Risbylestenen, a runestone, in the northern part of the municipality. It is said that this runestone shows the first signs of Christianity reaching this part of Europe. During the Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...
, Täby was part of the Attundaland
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region.
Täby remained a rural community until the 19th century. Most of the land was owned by the noble families. During the 16th and 17th centuries, most of the land in eastern Täby was owned by the Brahe
The Brahe family (originally ''Bragde'') refers to two closely related noble families of Scanian origin that played significant roles in both Danish and Swedish history. The Danish branch became extinct in 1786, and the Swedish branch in 193 ...
family of Rydboholm Manor (''Rydboholms slott''). Other noble families owning land in Täby at different times during this period were Banér Banér may refer to:
*Gustaf Banér, member of the Privy Council of Sweden
*Johan Banér, Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War, son of Gustaf Banér
*Per Gustafsson Banér, member of the Privy Council of Sweden, son of Gustaf Banér
* Sig ...
, Bååth, Roos
Roos is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated east from Kingston upon Hull city centre and north-west from Withernsea, and on the B1242 road.
History
The de Ros family originated from the vill ...
, Sparre, Gyllenstierna and Meijerfeldt.
The latter two owned, at different times, Näsby Manor (''Näsby Slott'') in the southeast of the municipality. By 1790 Täby had a population of approximately 900 people, most of them living on one of the 36 farms. By the end of the 19th century the population had grown to approximately 1,250.
In 1885, the Roslagsbanan
Roslagsbanan () is a Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge commuter railway system in Roslagen, Stockholm County, Sweden. Its combined route length is and there are 38 stations. It is built to the Swedish three foot gauge railways, Swedish three fo ...
narrow-gauge railway was built, connecting Täby with 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 ...
. Täby experienced a population expansion. People settled near the railway stations. In 1902 the wealthy engineer Carl Robert Lamm (1856–1938), acquired the burned down Näsby Manor and rebuilt it.
Around the time of the First World War
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
many city dwellers in Stockholm acquired small summer residences in the eastern part of Täby, what is now the district of Näsbypark. By 1919 Täby's population had grown to 3,000. Some years after Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
Täby increasingly became a suburb of Stockholm, and by 1947 the population had increased to 8,584, concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the municipality.
In 1948 Täby acquired the title of a "merchant town" (), valid until the reform of 1971. This was also the beginning of the large scale development of Täby, led by the mayor Gustaf Berg. By 1975 the population had increased to 41,307 people.
Today, Täby is considered an attractive suburb to Stockholm with one of the highest median incomes in Sweden.
Politics
Täby has for a long period of time been run by a coalition of centre-right parties. Filippa Reinfeldt
Filippa Désirée Amanda Cay Reinfeldt (née Holmberg; 14 June 1967) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She served as Health Service Commissioner of Stockholm County from 2006 to 2014, with responsible for health care, social affair ...
, ex-wife of Fredrik Reinfeldt
John Fredrik Reinfeldt (pronounced ; born 4 August 1965) is a Swedish economist, lecturer, former Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 2003 to 2015. He was the last rotating Presi ...
(the former Swedish Prime Minister and former leader of the Moderate Party
The Moderate Party ( , , M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative*
*
*
*
* List of political parties in Sweden, political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free ma ...
), had been mayor of Täby for a long time, until Jan Rosenberg, of the Moderate Party, became the current mayor of Täby Municipality.
The slogan
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of the municipality is today in translation "Täby, the city on the countryside".
Sights
*Runestone
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s: There are 37 identified runestones in Täby. Their inscriptions have provided many interesting and useful insights into the life and destinies of the people of the Viking Age
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. Judging from the inscriptions of the runestones and legends, the most important man at that time was Jarlabanke Ingefastsson (ca. 1000). He has given name to the remains of the Viking era causeway known as Jarlabankes bro.
*Näsby Manor: Originally built in the 1660s and designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder () (7 December 1615 – 24 May 1681) was an important Swedish architect.
Biography
Nicodemus Tessin was born in Stralsund in Pomerania and came to Sweden as a young man. There he met and worked with the architect Sim ...
, Näsby Manor is located in the picturesque and natural setting of Näsbyviken shore. The manor was burned to the ground in 1897, but was rebuilt according to the original design on the initiative of Carl Robert and Dora Lamm who moved into the manor in 1905. Parts of the old manor garden still exist and are being well preserved.
* Taby Racecourse: Sweden's largest horse racing
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track, inaugurated in 1960.
*Täby Church
Täby Church () is a medieval church in Täby Municipality, in the province of Uppland north of Stockholm. The church is best known for its painted walls and ceilings by Albertus Pictor.triptych
A triptych ( ) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all m ...
from the 15th century. The most notable objects are the wall paintings from the medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...
times, painted by Albertus Pictor
Albertus Pictor (English, "Albert the Painter"; Immenhusen, c. 1440 – c. 1507), also called Albert Pictor, Albert Målare and Albrekt Pärlstickare (Swedish), is the most famous late medieval Swedish painter, known for his wallpaintings survivi ...
. One of them, '' Death playing chess'', portrays a man playing chess
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with the Grim Reaper
The Grim Reaper is a popular personification of death in Western culture in the form of a hooded skeletal figure wearing a black robe and carrying a scythe.[Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...]
when he made the perhaps best known Swedish movie ever, ''The Seventh Seal
''The Seventh Seal'' () is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of chess he plays with the p ...
''.
*
Täby Centrum
Täby () was previously a trimunicipal locality, with 76,700 inhabitants in 2024. However, as from 2016, Statistics Sweden has amalgamated this locality with the Stockholm urban area. It is the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, Swe ...
: One of Sweden's largest shopping malls.
Notable natives
*Sara Danius
Sara Maria Danius (5 April 1962 – 12 October 2019) was a Swedish literary critic and philosopher, and a scholar of literature and aesthetics. Danius was professor of aesthetics at Södertörn University, docent of literature at Uppsala Univer ...
(1962–2019), professor of aesthetics, former permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy
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* Henrik Holm (b. 1968), professional tennis
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player
*Sara Lumholdt
Sara Helena Lumholdt (born 25 October 1984) is a Swedish pop singer and champion pole dancer. She was a member of the Swedish quartet A-Teens, and briefly pursued a solo recording career after the band dissolved.
Career
A-Teens (1998–2004) ...
(b. 1984), singer and former member of pop band A*Teens
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*Kristian Luuk
Ants Robert Kristian Luuk (born 14 June 1966) is a Swedish comedian and television presenter. He has presented several shows such as ''Sen kväll med Luuk'', ''Melodifestivalen'' and ''På spåret''. He was married to Carina Berg.
Biography
Ea ...
(b. 1966), comedian and talk show-host
*Eric Prydz
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(b. 1976), DJ and producer
*Fredrik Reinfeldt
John Fredrik Reinfeldt (pronounced ; born 4 August 1965) is a Swedish economist, lecturer, former Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014 and chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party from 2003 to 2015. He was the last rotating Presi ...
(b. 1965), politician, Prime Minister of Sweden
The prime minister of Sweden (, "minister of state") is the head of government of the Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to th ...
2006–2014
*Filippa Reinfeldt
Filippa Désirée Amanda Cay Reinfeldt (née Holmberg; 14 June 1967) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She served as Health Service Commissioner of Stockholm County from 2006 to 2014, with responsible for health care, social affair ...
(b. 1967), politician, former Mayor and Commissioner
A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something).
In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to incl ...
of Täby, Commissioner of Health Services of Stockholm County 2006–2014, former wife of Fredrik Reinfeldt
* Johan Rheborg (b. 1963), comedian
* Stig Engström (1935–2000), suspected murderer of Olof Palme
Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until as ...
Sister towns
Täby is twinned with the following municipalities:
* Järvenpää
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, Finland
* Lørenskog
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Municipality, Norway[
* ]Reinbek
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, Germany[
* ]Rødovre Municipality
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, Denmark[
* ]Viimsi Parish
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, Estonia
Gallery
File:Sastaholm huvudbyggnad.jpg, Såstaholm manor, now used as a conference site
File:Storstugan (building) 2009 Täby (1).jpg, The Storstugan building close to Täby centrum
File:Täby Centrum (shopping center) 2009.jpg, Täby centrum shopping mall
File:Taeby kommunalhus.JPG, Old municipal building of Täby Municipality, demolished in 2017–2018.
File:Viggbyholm station.JPG, Viggbyholm
Viggbyholm is a neighborhood in Täby Municipality, in Greater Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in the northeast of the municipality, bordering Stora Värtan, an inlet of the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that ...
station at Roslagsbanan.
File:Näsby allé.JPG, Road in Näsbypark with railroad crossing of Roslagsbanan.
Notes
References
External links
*
Täby Galopp
– Provides a page in English
Täby Centrum
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Municipalities of Stockholm County