Järfälla Municipality

Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden
Järfälla Municipality
Järfälla kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Järfälla Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°26′N 17°50′E / 59.433°N 17.833°E / 59.433; 17.833
Country Sweden
CountyStockholm County
SeatJakobsberg
Area
 • Total63.02 km2 (24.33 sq mi)
 • Land53.81 km2 (20.78 sq mi)
 • Water9.21 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total86,330
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceUppland
Municipal code0123
Websitewww.jarfalla.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Järfälla Municipality (Swedish: Järfälla kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg, part of the Stockholm urban area.

Järfälla has not been amalgamated with other municipalities in the two local government reforms carried out during the 20th century. The Stäket area in the north was, however, added in 1952.

It is located about 20 km north of Stockholm, with a part situated by the shore of Lake Mälaren. It takes about 20 minutes to reach downtown Stockholm by Stockholm commuter rail.

History

Järfälla traces its history to the Stone Age and has some ruins from that time. After being Christianized in the 11th century, a church was built around the year 1200 that still stands today. Järfälla continued to be of some importance in the Middle Ages as several important roads went through it. Furthermore, the centre of the hundred was located within the boundaries of the municipality from 1675 to 1905

Its coat of arms, which depicts a golden lamb carrying an archbishop's cross, can be traced from 1568, but was created in 1955. They may symbolize that Järfälla is situated on the road from the capital Stockholm to the seat of the archbishop in the nearby city of Uppsala.

The main population expansion came in the 1930s and 1940s, when many residential houses were built in the seat Jakobsberg for middle-class families commuting to Stockholm.

Public transportation

The municipality is served by the Stockholm public transport system. There are three Stockholm commuter rail stations, Barkarby, Jakobsberg and Kallhäll, as well as a bus network. As part of a larger plan for the Stockholm region, Barkarby station and Barkarbystaden will get metro stations, scheduled to open in 2026.[3] The representatives for the municipalities signed the deal in January 2014, and on 3 March 2014 Järfälla municipal council made the formal decision to fulfill their part of the deal.[4]

Demography

Population development in Järfälla Municipality 1970–2019
Year Population
1970
49,261
1975
51,549
1980
53,321
1985
56,020
1990
56,359
1995
58,675
2000
60,471
2005
61,743
2010
66,211
2015
72,429
2017
76,453
2019
79,990

Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år.

2022 by district

This is a demographic table based on Järfälla Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[5]

In total there were 82,998 residents, including 57,777 Swedish citizens of voting age.[5] 50.7% voted for the left coalition and 46.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Barkarbystaden 2,978 2,227 57.2 40.3 80 44 56 29,850 50
Berghem/Polhem 2,649 1,885 43.9 54.5 85 63 37 33,036 54
Bolinder strand 1,817 1,583 47.3 50.7 89 74 26 34,766 62
Centrala Jakobsberg 1,541 1,098 58.7 39.1 72 32 68 20,723 45
Centrala Kallhäll 2,262 1,700 57.1 40.6 82 62 38 27,323 55
Centrala Viksjö N 2,168 1,594 48.6 48.7 75 55 45 23,986 34
Centrala Viksjö S 2,247 1,654 47.6 51.3 85 68 32 28,198 45
Dackevägen 2,026 1,161 57.9 37.9 72 25 75 21,626 35
Ekedal 2,386 1,573 62.1 35.4 69 29 71 21,121 39
Emaljvägen/Kopparv. 2,313 1,603 56.8 41.4 79 50 50 24,802 45
Fastebol 2,122 1,493 43.4 55.8 85 74 26 34,576 53
Fjällen 1,650 1,311 48.4 50.5 85 76 24 33,791 53
Grönvreten 1,500 1,072 48.2 50.3 81 69 31 34,005 61
Hammaren 2,418 1,705 57.9 38.5 72 41 59 22,229 41
Hummelmora 1,851 1,379 41.6 57.0 86 72 28 31,322 48
Högby 1,967 1,434 45.7 52.7 84 66 34 31,310 50
Kalvshälla 2,663 1,679 57.3 39.4 83 37 63 29,706 52
Karlslund 1,518 982 53.3 44.3 83 37 63 30,779 55
Kolarängen/Villast. 2,158 1,480 46.0 52.3 81 64 36 28,723 41
Lilla Ulvsättra 1,636 952 62.2 33.2 66 28 72 19,798 29
Lund 1,610 1,204 44.7 54.2 82 72 28 29,483 38
Lädersättra 2,288 1,622 56.3 41.9 80 53 47 26,300 46
Neptuni 2,391 1,699 45.8 52.2 83 64 36 32,469 47
Norra Aspnäs 1,070 704 54.1 42.4 71 37 63 21,746 41
Norra Barkarby 1,854 1,330 58.2 39.3 76 61 39 24,366 45
Nyberg 1,541 871 67.6 27.2 65 15 85 18,015 36
Olovslund 2,166 1,564 42.5 55.6 81 66 34 33,213 58
Orgona 1,939 1,307 48.2 50.8 85 65 35 30,960 51
Sandvik 2,064 1,508 47.6 50.7 85 71 29 31,943 47
Skälby Gård V 1,922 1,222 39.1 58.4 86 68 32 35,169 52
Skälby Gård Ö 1,742 1,205 35.0 63.1 84 69 31 35,125 52
Snapphanen 1,623 1,030 65.0 25.4 66 19 81 18,712 29
Stäket 2,623 1,867 40.3 58.0 83 70 30 35,046 53
Södra Aspnäs 2,522 1,846 60.3 37.0 70 34 66 20,667 34
Södra Barkarby 2,230 1,603 43.5 54.8 82 68 32 32,045 60
Södra Nyberg 1,556 941 62.0 32.7 70 27 73 21,734 33
Södra Vibblaby 1,603 1,003 52.9 43.7 83 33 67 29,289 53
Tallbohov 1,544 926 62.5 27.9 66 15 85 18,267 33
Ulvsättra/Skogstorp 1,308 885 50.6 47.1 81 63 37 28,940 52
Vattmyra 1,997 1,465 49.5 49.0 82 56 44 31,160 55
Vibblaby 1,795 1,204 54.8 41.7 75 46 54 23,622 51
Västerby 1,740 1,206 53.4 44.2 81 53 47 26,434 46
Source: SVT[5]

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 31,031, or 40.59% of the population (76,453 on 31 December 2017). On 31 December 2002 the number of residents with a foreign background was (per the same definition) 15,550, or 25.37% of the population (61,290 on 31 December 2002).[6] On 31 December 2017 there were 76,453 residents in Järfälla, of whom 22,215 people (29.06%) were born in a country other than Sweden. These are 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.[7]

Country of birth[7]
31 December 2017
1  Sweden 54,238
2 Asia: Other countries 2,815
3  Iraq 2,295
4  European Union: Other countries 2,187
5  Iran 1,895
6  Finland 1,827
7  Syria 1,753
8 Africa: Other countries 1,478
9 South America 1,380
10  Poland 1,176
11  Somalia 856
12  Europe outside of the EU: other countries 781
13  Turkey 768
14  Eritrea 620
15  Thailand 420
16  Afghanistan 351
17  Germany 350
18 North America 328
19  Bosnia and Herzegovina 214
20  Yugoslavia/ Yugoslavia
SFR Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro		 203
21  Norway 196
22  Denmark 141
23  Soviet Union 82
24  Iceland 43
25 Oceania 41
26 Unknown country of birth 15

Districts

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Järfälla:

Football clubs

Floorball clubs

Basketball clubs

  • Järfälla Basket

Ice hockey clubs

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ [Stockholmsförhandlingen 2013 -- FAQ (Swedish) http://stockholmsforhandlingen.se/faq]
  4. ^ [Järfälla kommun -- Beslut i kommun-fullmäktige om tunnelbana och 14 000 nya bostäder (Swedish) "Beslut i kommun-fullmäktige om tunnelbana och 14 000 nya bostäder - Järfälla kommun". Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2014-09-01.]
  5. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Järfälla i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. ^ Antal personer efter region, utländsk/svensk bakgrund och år (Read 4 januari 2019)
  7. ^ a b Statistiska centralbyrån: Utrikes födda efter län, kommun och födelseland 31 december 2017 (XLS-fil) Läst 4 januari 2019

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