Sundbyberg is a Municipality in Stockholm County, in central Sweden. With an area of 8.8 km, it is the smallest municipality in Sweden by size. Basically all the inhabitants of the municipality are located to one town. The town is part of Stockholm urban area.
The western parts border to Stockholm City and the eastern to Solna.
History
Sundbyberg was for along time only an area of agriculture. In 1863 almost the entire area was bought by Anders Petter Lfstrm, who began building houses there. Ten years later he had sold 40 lots.
Soon various industries were located to Sundbyberg.
Industry
The 33,000 inhabitants live in rougly 17,000 apartments. The industrial policy of the municipality is to provide one work per apartment, thus 17,000 jobs. So unlike other municipalities in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sundbyberg is not a bedroom suburb wherefrom people commute to Stockholm, but also a place commuted to from outside. In total, 12,000 commuters travel to or from Sundbyberg every day.
Districts
Centrala Sundbyberg
Duvbo
Hallonbergen
Lilla Alby
Rissne
Storskogen
Ursvik
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