Södertälje

This article deals with the place Södertälje; for the Swedish municipality of Södertälje see Södertälje (municipality) .

Södertälje
Södertälje
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Stockholm County
Historical Province (landskap):	Södermanland
Municipalities :	Södertälje Salem
Coordinates :	59 ° 12 '  N , 17 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 12 '  N , 17 ° 38'  E
SCB code :	0356
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	70,777 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	27.97 km²
Population density :	2530 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	151 00 - 152 97
List of perpetrators in Stockholm County

Södertälje ^{? / i} [ søːdəˈʈɛlˌje ] is aSwedishcity ​​southwest ofStockholmin the province ofStockholm Countyand thehistoric province of Södermanland. It is the capital ofthe municipality ofthesame name.

A small part (2 hectares without residents, 2015) of the Södertälje crime scene is located on the territory of the northeastern neighboring municipality of Salem .

Attractions

Pedestrian zone in Södertälje

Lock in Södertälje

The S / S Ejdern , supposedly the oldest steamship in the world still in operation , is located in Södertälje.

On the Torekällberget in central Södertälje which lies open air museum Torekällbergets open-air museum with the Södertälje Stadsmuseum . Here you can visit the Nora kvarn windmill and old Södertälj houses and farms. The museum opened in 1929.

Technology can be experienced in the Tom Tits Experiment science center .

economy

Södertälje is the seat of two large and internationally important companies: Scania and AstraZeneca.

Scania is one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers in the world and has its head office as well as research, development and production in Södertälje. There is also an extensive Scania test track on the outskirts of Södertälje .

The Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca , headquartered in London, has its development and research department in Södertälje.

traffic

In 2003, Södertälje received two new feeder roads to the E4 European route . There are also rail connections to Stockholm , Eskilstuna , Gothenburg and Helsingborg / Malmö . A canal that connects Lake Mälaren with the Baltic Sea runs through Södertälje .

sons and daughters of the town

• Karl Gustaf Emanuel Abrahamsson (1896–1948), ice hockey player
• Erik Adolf Efraim Abrahamsson (1898–1965), long jumper and ice hockey player
• Anna Andersson (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Sune Andersson (1921–2002), football player and coach
• Björn Borg (* 1956), former tennis player
• Tora Dahl (1886–1982), novelist
• Jan Guillou (* 1944), journalist and novelist
• Carl Hagelin (* 1988), ice hockey player
• The brothers Richard, Louis and Per Herrey , musicians
• Per Texas Johansson (* 1969), jazz musician
• Harry Källström (1939–2009), rally driver
• Carl Lindström (1869–1932), industrialist
• Göran Rosenberg (* 1948), journalist and writer
• Marcus Sörensen (* 1992), ice hockey player

Web links

Commons : Södertälje  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality (English, Swedish)

References

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
2. ↑ Statistiska centralbyrån : perpetrators 2015 som delas av commungräns (Excel file)