Vagnhärad is a locality situated in

Trosa Municipality Trosa Municipality () is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. The municipality consists of the localities of Vagnhärad, Västerljung, Stensund, Sund and the town of Trosa. The seat of the municipality is located in ...

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with 3,324 inhabitants in 2010.

Landslide

On 23 May 1997 a landslide along the banks of the

Trosaån Trosaån is a river in Sweden. The river flows east from the south east of Lake Sillen in the Södermanland Region of Sweden. It flows along the path of the D 800 road through Vagnhärad where the river bend to the south along the 218 road. The T ...

, or Trosa River, damaged or destroyed 7 residential houses. Only one person was injured but a total of 29 houses were demolished and 96 people lost their homes in the effort of preventing future slides in the area. The total cost of the slide has been calculated as approximately 150 million SEK. During the summer of 2011 new cracks in the ground were found in the area around Brovägen, also alongside the river, threatening approximately 20 more buildings.

Sports

Vagnhärad has 2 sports halls, Hedebyhallen and Lånestahallen, which are primarily used for school sports and by the

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team Trosa Edanö IBK. There is also a Swimming pool, Safiren, and a soccer facility, Häradsvallen used by the team Vagnhärads SK.

Education

Vagnhärad has one compulsory comprehensive school, Hedebyskolan, were most of the area's young people go to school for grades 1 to 9. Most students then continue their studies at upper secondary schools in

Nyköping Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden, with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County. Including Arnö, the locality on the ...

Södertälje Södertälje ( , ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. It is also a part of Stockholm urban area, Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area. As of 2020, it has 73,872 inhabitants. Södert� ...

Transportation

Vagnhärad is located along the highway

European route E4 European route E4 passes from north to south through Sweden from the border with Finland, with a total length of . The Finnish part lies entirely within Tornio in northern Finland, and is only long. The Swedish part traverses most of Sweden e ...

and along the railway Nyköpingsbanan, which is extended between

and Järna and gives Vagnhärad access by train to the cities 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 ...

Norrköping Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...

and

Linköping Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

. Buses run to and from

Trosa Trosa is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Trosa Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 5,027 inhabitants in 2010 (town) and 11,417 in 2010 (municipality). The town is colloquially nicknamed ''Världens ände'' ("The world' ...

Gnesta Gnesta () is a bimunicipal Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Gnesta Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 6,376 inhabitants in 2020. Gnesta is located in Södermanland, on the border to Stockholm County. As situated near t ...

, Västerljung and Liljeholmen.

Culture

The area around Vagnhärad is known for its many Stone Age burial mounds and archeological sites, as well as some old and unique runestones. The locality was the model for "Hedeby" in Sven Delblanc's books Åminne (1970), Stenfågel (1973), Vinteride (1974) and Stadsporten (1976).Delblanc Presentation by the Delblanc Society (Swedish)
/ref> The TV-series Hedebyborna, built on the books by Sven Delblanc, was mostly produced in the area around Vagnhärad. A historic royal waiting hall that was used by the Swedish king Gustaf V during his summer visits to the royal palace of Tullgarn has been preserved, and is located next to the railway station.

References

External links

Trosa
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Vagnharad Populated places in Trosa Municipality