Vårby gård is a station in the Stockholm metro in the Vårby district of

Huddinge Municipality Huddinge Municipality () is a 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 inhabitants, the second most pop ...

. The station was opened on 1 October 1972 as part of the extension from

Vårberg Vårberg is a suburb in the Skärholmen borough in the Söderort region of Stockholm, Sweden. Location Vårberg borders Skärholmen, Vårby gård, Huddinge, Estbröte, Kungshatt, and Ekerö. It has an area of 197 hectares of land and 65 ...

Fittja Fittja is a part of Botkyrka Municipality Botkyrka Municipality ( ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, not far from the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the town of Tumba. In 1971 ''Grödinge'' was merged w ...

. As part of ''Art in the Stockholm metro'' project, the station features a ''Flora'' mural, created by Rolf Bergström 1999. On 7 January 2018, an explosion just outside the station killed a man in his 60s and injured his wife. The man is believed to have picked up a suspected

hand grenade A grenade is a small explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a Shell (projectile), shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher. A mod ...

from the ground. There was no evidence it was related to terrorism or that the couple were targeted.

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Red line (Stockholm metro) stations Railway stations in Sweden opened in 1972 1970s establishments in Stockholm {{Stockholm-metro-stub