Huddinge (municipality)

Huddinge parish
coat of arms Location in Stockholm County
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Stockholm County
Historical Province (landskap):	Södermanland
Main place:	Huddinge
SCB code:	0126
Residents :	112,848 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	140.7 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	802.2 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.huddinge.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 13 '  N , 17 ° 58'  E

Huddinge Kommunalhus, seat of the municipal administration

Lake Långsjön is on the border between Huddinge and Stockholm.

Sweden's largest IKEA store

Huddinge is a commune ( municipality ) in the Swedish province of County of Stockholm and the historical province of Södermanland . The main town of the municipality is Huddinge .

More than 100,000 people live in the municipality, but more than half of the 131 km² area is covered with arable land, forests and lakes. The municipality consists of the residential areas ( Bostadsområden ) Flemingsberg, Segeltorp, Sjödalen-Fullersta, Skogås, Stuvsta-Snättringe, Trångsund and Vårby. A large part of the population lives in single-family houses, but there are centers with apartment buildings near railway stations. The Kungens kurva shopping center with Sweden’s largest IKEA store and the Heron City entertainment center is of economic importance , as has Sweden’s first Media Markt since 2006 .

history

The name Huddinge probably comes from the "Uddungar" ethnic group who lived here on a promontory of Lake Mälaren . These were often attacked by other ethnic groups from the lake. To warn their allies, the Uddungar lit campfires in high places. Today these fires are depicted in the municipal coat of arms. Some ruins of prehistoric protective castles and various rune stones can be visited in the community.

Before the railway line was built around 1860, Huddinge was dominated by agricultural farms. Some industrial companies also settled here with the train.

Culture and nature

Every year in May, the Huddinge Jazz Days take place, where mainly Swedish artists perform. There are seven nature reserves in the municipality , in which primeval forests and rare flowers are protected.

Town twinning

Huddinge's twin cities are Askim in Norway and Vantaa in Finland.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Josefine Adolfsson (* 1973), writer and screenwriter
• Stig Claesson (1928–2008), author, visual artist and illustrator
• Daniél Espinosa (* 1977), Chilean-Swedish director
• Erik Hajas (* 1962), handball player
• Magnus Hedman (born 1973), football player
• Patrik Juhlin (* 1970), ice hockey player
• Ewert Karlsson (1918–2004), caricaturist and illustrator
• Jessica Lindell-Vikarby (* 1984), ski racer
• Anders Olsson (* 1949), literary scholar and writer
• Daniel Rudslätt (* 1974), ice hockey player
• Serdar Semiz (* 1982), Swedish-Turkish ice hockey player
• Lena Wisborg (* 1965), TV child star ( Michel from Lönneberga )
• Mika Zibanejad (* 1993), Swedish ice hockey player with Finnish and Iranian roots

Sports

• Huddinge IK , ice hockey club in HockeyAllsvenskan
• Huddinge IF , sports club founded in 1912, departments bandy, table tennis, cycling, athletics, cross-country skiing
• Huddinge BK, football club split off from Huddinge IF in 1994

Web links

Commons : Huddinge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

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1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
3. ↑ Bostadsområden ( Memento of the original from December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the municipality's website  
4. ^ Website Huddinge - Vänorter , accessed April 10, 2018